The Food and Feed Safety Act, 2017. Country/Territory Sierra Leone Document type Legislation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Supplement to the Sierra Leone Gazette Vol. CXLVIII, no. 22 of 2017. Long titleAn Act to provide for food and feed safety in Sierra Leone, to ensure the safety and quality of food and feed in order to protect the public against health hazards, to promote fair trade practices in food and feed and to provide for other related matters. Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition Keyword Basic legislation Food quality control/food safety Public health Beverages Consumer protection Financing Genetically modified organism (GMO) Governance Novel food Packaging/labelling Precautionary principle Risk assessment/management Standards Traceability/product tracing Vending Animal feed/feedstuffs Business/industry/corporations Internal trade International trade Animal health Authorization/permit Registration Toxicity/poisoning Enforcement/compliance Inspection Monitoring Geographical area Africa, Least Developed Countries, North Atlantic, Western Africa Abstract This Act, consisting of 84 articles and divided into fourteen Parts, provides for ensuring the safety and quality of food and feed in the country, in order to protect public health, and to promote fair trade practices. The Act covers the following matters: food, as any substance or product used as food or drink for human consumption; food additive; food business operator; feed business operator; food and feed safety plan; genetically modified organism; genetically modified food and feed; hazard; unsanitary conditions; national standards; novel food; precautionary principle; packaging and labelling; risk assessment and management; traceability. Full text English Website parliament.gov.sl