Our Vision
To be a leading regional institution of international repute in the application of Agricultural Health and Food Safety Systems.”
Our Mission
“To enhance regional development in agricultural health and food safety through the application of SPS Measures that meets the expectation of all stakeholders and contribute to the welfare of our citizens.”
Our Mandate
CAHFSA is mandated to perform a coordinating and organizing role for the establishment of an effective and efficient regional sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) regime and to execute on behalf of Member States such SPS actions and activities that can be more effectively and efficiently executed through a regional mechanism.
Legal Instruments
The following Agreement gives force to CAHFSA:
- Revised Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA): February 25, 2011;
- Revised Treaty of Chagaramas (Articles 57 and 74).
International Day of Plant Health 2023
The Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency calls on all countries in the Caribbean region to join in celebrating the International Day of Plant Health 2023 on 12th May under the theme “ Plant Health for Environmental Protection”.
The United Nations designated the 12th May to raise global awareness on how protecting the health of plants can provide safe food to eat, end hunger, reduce poverty, protect biodiversity and the environment.
Plant Life is essential to our wellbeing as plants make up 80 percent of the food we eat and 98 percent of the oxygen we need to breathe.
Share with all our children the activity book that speaks to the importance of plants and how we can protect them.
Theme of World Food Safety Day 2023: “Food Standards Save Lives”
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has announced that “Food Standards Save Lives” will be the theme for the fifth annual World Food Safety Day 2023, taking place on
June 7.
The Caribbean Health and Food Safety Agency is calling on all CARICOM countries to join in the celebration of World Food Safety Day 2023 and plan activities to increase the awareness of using food standards to ensure our food is safe to eat.
