CAHFSA Today
April 16, 2026
On April 14, the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA) co-hosted a significant webinar in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the [ā¦]
April 10, 2026
The Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA) is participating in the Performance of Veterinary Services (PVS) Pathway Orientation Training Workshop for the Caribbean, hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Saint Lucia from 8 April to 10 April 2026.
April 9, 2026
This year the 26th Meeting of the CARICOM Committee of Chief Veterinary Officers
(CCCVO) was hosted in St. Eustatius, following the conclusion of the VIIth CaribVET
meeting from 23rd
-24th March 2026. The CCCVO meeting brought together representation
from 20 CARICOM Member States.
Our Vision
To be a leading regional institution of international repute in the application of Agricultural Health and Food Safety Systems.ā
Our Mission
āTo 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.ā
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:
- Ā Revised Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA): February 25, 2011;
- Ā Revised Treaty of Chagaramas (Articles 57 and 74).
