Opening this Monday, December 23, 2024 of the validation workshop of the guide to good food hygiene practices (GBPHA). The coordinator of the national dietetics and food safety program (PNDSSA), Dr Djimadoum Kimassoum, chaired the work.
The general objective of this workshop is to validate the guide to good food hygiene practices. It will be a question of presenting the context of the development of the guide, the objective and the scope of application as well as the method used and also of proceeding with the presentation and analysis of the guide by sector.
According to Dr Djimadoum Kimassoum, more than 1,800,000 people die each year from illnesses caused by contaminated food.
”More than 250 known diseases are transmitted through food. Food safety is a public health and socioeconomic priority. Indeed, in recent years, Chad has experienced an increase in diseases which currently represents a real public health scourge. This guide could really help reduce cases of illness caused by contaminated food, so we are looking for everyone's contributions,” he explains.
