Bolivia's National Codex Alimentarius Committee, with the support of the Codex Trust Fund and PANAFTOSA-PAHO/WHO, conducted a initiative aimed at raising awareness and expertise on Codex standards with a series of workshops held between June and September 2023. The workshops, titled "Strengthening of Capacities in Codex Alimentarius Topics," were held in the cities of Trinidad, Tarija, Sucre, Potosí, and Oruro.

The initiative was attended by more than two hundred participants representing various sectors including food Industries, food laboratories, municipal autonomous governments, municipal intendencies, business associations, academia, and independent professionals specializing in Codex-related areas.

The goal of these series of workshops was to increase the use and impact of Codex texts as well as to enhance the participation in the National Codex Technical Committees, contributing to the objectives outlined in the National Strategic Plan and in the Codex Strategic Plan 2020-2025.

Workshps in the cities of Trinidad, Tarija, Potosí and Oruro (Bolivia)

The workshops featured different speakers, including Marcia Salas Solares, Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy of Bolivia, Jorge Berrios, FAO, Valentin Trigo, Tarija Food Engineers College, Alejandro Mattos Villarroel, FRIGOR, Heriberto Mamani Acosta, SENASAG, and Wilder Aguilar Quispe, the Codex Contact Point for Bolivia.

This is part of an ongoing effort by Bolivia's National Codex Alimentarius Committee to conduct such workshops regularly at the national level, aligning with its Strategic Plan.

Photo (C) /Codex Bolivia

Learn more:

https://www.facebook.com/ComiteNacionaldelCodexAlimentarius/

https://www.codexbolivia.org/