The Codex Alimentarius, or "Food Code" is a collection of standards, guidelines and codes of practice adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). CAC was established by FAO and WHO to protect consumer health and promote fair practices in food trade.

 Nairobi, Radisson Blue Hotel, 26 September 2019 The web site of the EU-EAC Market Access Upgrade Programme was officially launched in a festive event during the EAC High Level Trade Integration Conference.

The EU-EAC MARKUP Stakeholders Workshop in Nairobi from 19 to 23 August 2019, aimed to improve harmonisation of East African standards by discussing gaps in the standards of coffee, tea, cocoa, horticultural products, oil seeds, spices and products resulting from these commodities.

Delegates from the EAC Partner States involved in the EU-EAC MARKUP Programme and representatives of all implementing partners sat together for two days in Arusha from 25 to 26 April 2019 to jointly develop a tailor-made monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system for MARKUP.

Rimini, Italy, May 2019 From 8-10 May 2019, the International Trade Centre (ITC) supported the participation of Kenyan public and private actors operating in the horticultural sector to the Macfrut trade fair in Rimini, Italy. Six Kenyan avocado exporters and four Kenyan institutions, exhibited...

Delays and red tape hamper the movement of goods across borders for traders. In the East African Community (EAC), inefficient trade procedures and non-tariff barriers represent an obstacle to expanded intra-regional trade and deepened regional integration. Trade facilitation – the simplification,...