The Emerging of Co-regulation to Enforce Food Safety Regulations in Khartoum State

Abstract

This research explores the co-regulation scheme in the ministry of Agriculture Animal Resource and Irrigation in Khartoum. The exploratory research has been conducted as the first research that discuss the co-regulation scheme in Khartoum since the co-regulation has been established. In the context of food safety, the text explores the co-regulation scheme in food regulatory process in the ministry of Agriculture Animal Resource and Irrigation, the co-regulation enforcement regime, and studying the ability of the ministry to adopt HACCP as a mandatory regulatory tool to enhance regulation compliance during a period of time from October 2016 to December 2016. This study uses two qualitative methods to conduct this exploratory study, which are focus group of administrators and inspectors followed by an in-depth interview with General manager of the ministry. The main finding shows the Co-regulation appear as direct command and control intervention for meat and poultry, that support the self-regulations (voluntary codes of practices) to fulfill regulatory policy objectives. Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point HAACP is the preferable standard in meat industry to be adopted as a mandatory regulation to enhance food safety regulation compliance. We recommended the further studies to evaluate the cost of the effectiveness of co-regulation and the extend level of regulation compliance.