Project

Restructuring and strenghtening of the food safety and veterinary laboratory network in Albania

Location

Republic of Albania

Funding body

European Union

Date

06/2016 - 06/2019

Sectors

Public Policies and Institutional Strenghtening

Training, Communication and Visibility

The overall objective of the project was to support the capacities of the national administration to ensure improved levels of food security throughout the food chain by achieving the following specific objectives

To establish a network of laboratories that is cost-effective and capable of providing reliable and timely information on the safety of food on the market and animal health

Improve the capacity of the laboratory network to carry out food and feed control and analysis with specific reference in the fields of pesticide residue control, microbiological diagnostics in food and feed, food quality standards, animal diseases, according to the improved standards