Assessment of the

Food Safety Several assessment 
guidelines on National 
Food Safety & Control 
Systems (Codex, FAO, 
EU & others) 
Requirements for food 
safety policy, strategy, 
generic food law and 
integrated control 
systems (Codex, FAO, 
EU & others) 
Codex, regional 
and national 
codex 
committees 
Sanitary 
Epidemiological 
Inspection 
Ministry of Health 
- There are several national capacity evaluation tools to assess 
and conduct thorough & diagnostic analysis on the national 
Food safety capacity and food control system. As per the 
interview with the management such assessment was not 
conducted before. To enhance the development of the 
national capacity in support of the development of ALCs, such 
tools shall be applied for establishment of reliable and feasible 
capacity building programs; including training, inspection tools, 
laboratory equipment, infrastructures and transportation 
services.
- The sanitary inspection body is a newly established institute, 
which is under resourced in terms of manpower, inspection 
tools, infrastructures & facilities 
- The Ministry of Health is the national codex point and member 
of codex; however, the national codex committee shall be 

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Required 
Institutions 
Evaluation Parameters/Matrix Criteria 
Relevant 
Institute in 
Uzbekistan 
Observations/Recommendations 
Evaluation Tools 
Requirement for 
recognitions 
Membership 
established & strengthened with the participation of fruit & 
vegetable producers and exporters and active participation 
with international and regional codex committee on fruits and 
vegetables 
The National Quality Infrastructure
There are several World Bank documents and national Quality Infrastructure 
Development projects, WTO SPS/TBT documents including the World Bank and 
PTB document on Ensuring Quality to Gain Access to Global Markets A Reform 
Toolkit on Quality infrastructure 
Agency for 
Standardization 
Metrology and 
Certification of 
Uzbekistan
(UZStandards) 
- There are several evaluation tools to assess and conduct 
thorough and diagnostic analysis on the capacity of the National 
Quality Infrastructure. As per the interview with the 
management such assessment was not conducted before by 
applying such tools. To enhance the development of the 
national capacity in support of the development of ALCs, such 
tools shall be applied for establishment of reliable and feasible 
capacity building programs