The TAIB project is a first-of-its-kind international development program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food for Progress Office. The project works directly with Egypt’s newly established National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) to strengthen their capabilities to increase agriculture trade. TAIB presents an opportunity for expanded impact because we are working with a nascent food regulator that is also the United States’ largest agriculture trading partner in Africa. The project supports NFSA to improve its organizational capacity, provide training to their food inspectors, and harmonize their regulations with international standards and trade agreements such as Codex and those of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The TAIB project prepared the following two regulatory reviews on Date Marking and Food Packaging Materials to inform food safety stakeholders on best practices and regulations for food.

• Date Marking of Food Guide
• Food Packaging Materials Regulatory Review