​SFDA hosted recently, the twenty-third meeting of the Committee on Food Safety in Gulf Countries, and the second preparatory meeting of the Committee, in Jeddah, in the presence of representatives Commission Members.

The meeting discussed, certificates guide for food products traded among the GCC countries, and the preparation of the Bylaws that will standardize food regulations for the (GCC), and organizational regulations of the Rapid Alarm System for food and feed in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC-RASFF), and the prohibition of energy drinks or restrict its market, and the mechanism for standard procedures for imposing and lifting of the temporary ban on the imported food stuff to GCC, and establishment of a special unit to assess the Food safety risks.