Mission Statement
While working on scientific principles and international best practices, Balochistan Food Authority aims to ensure food safety & quality in the entire food chain collaboration with manufacturers, Food Business Operators, consumers, government departments, autonomous bodies and other stakeholders.
Responsibilities and Functions of BFA
To regulate and monitor the food business in order to ensure compliance by farmers, manufacturers, distributors, importers and other stake holders in order to provide safe food.
To formulate standards, procedures, processes and guidelines in relation to any aspect of food including food business, food labeling, food additive, and specify appropriate enforcement systems.
- To enforce food safety and quality standards.
To specify procedures and guidelines for setting up and up-gradation of food laboratories and their accreditation.
- To specify licensing, registration, prohibition orders, recall procedures, improvement notices and prosecution in the court of law.
To provides scientific advice and technical support to the Government in matters relating to food safety.
- To establish food laboratories.
- To arrange awareness and capacity building programs in food safety and standards.
- To promote general awareness regarding food safety and standards.
To certify food products/items for export.
- To ensure forward and backward traceability of food items.
- To ensure surveillance including collection, integration, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of data related to food and nutrient.