The Brigadier General, Chief of Staff of the National Gendarmerie chaired, on Mars 1^st 2022, the opening of the national Seminar activities on defense of food in Algeria, entitled " Food Defense in Algeria, Insights and prospects ", at National Institute for Forensic Evidence and Criminology of the National Gendarmerie in Bouchaoui, in the presence of officers and frameworks representatives of the Ministry for National Defense, Representatives of Ministry of the Interior and Local Authorities, of Justice, of Health, Pharmaceutical Industries, Environment, Communication, Water Resources, of the Ministry for the Higher Education and Scientific Research, Ministry of Trade and Exports Promotion, Agriculture and Rural Development, as well as representatives of Scientific and Technical Research Center in Physico-Chemical Analyses of Bousmail, the Central Laboratory of the Scientific Police of the General Directorate of National Security, the National Toxicology Center of Health Ministry, the General Directorate of Customs, and active associations in this field.


     The activities of this national Seminar aim giving a progress report on the state of food defense in Algeria from the legal, administrative and technical aspects and to highlight the experiences and expertise of the various sectors concerned as well as to enhance cooperation between the various national structures in this field.


     This scientific event is an interactive platform for sharing experience and unifying point of view, scientific and practical steps, aiming to create a coordination space and to share best practices among all actors, with the development of effective work mechanisms, from legal texts to laboratories, in order to fight against all the abuses and practical that may affect food products and their effects over public safety in general and the public health in particular.