Under the auspices of His Highness The Crown Prince, First Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation, General Inspector and Chairman of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) board of directors, the SFDA has the honor to invite scientists to participate in its International Symposium on food & drug regulation under the theme "Food & Drug Regulation: Present & Outlook".

Objectives

• Acquaintance with the new trends in regulation of foods, drug and medical devices.
• The review of global expertise in this field.
• Introducing the Authority, its role and future plans.
• Strengthening links and coordination, and deepening of transparency and integration between governmental institution and the private sector in the same field.

Topics

Food sector

• Current status of regulation of food, pesticides and animal feed.
• Food regulation - a joint responsibility.
• Global experience in

1. Food-born illnesses reduction programs.
2. Monitoring of chemical residues in food.
3. Inspection schemes of imported and exported foods.
4. Regulation of pesticides and their residues in foods.
5. Animal feed regulation.

• Efforts of Codex Alimentarius (and other international authorities) in food safety.
• Role of food legislations in promoting food safety.
• New trends in food regulations

Drug Sector

• Role of legislative Authorities and Regulatory bodies in drug safety (WHO).
• Other countries experience in:

1. Drug regulation system.
2. Regulating veterinary medicine.
3. Regulating herbal medicine.
4. Regulating cosmetics.

• Role of SFDA in regulating drug sector and expectations of concerned bodies in the following fields:

1. Drug regulating.
2. Herbal medicine regulation.
3. Saudi experience in regulating drug, herbal medicine cosmetics circulation.

Medical Devices Sector

• Global trends in medical devices regulation.
• Current status of medical devices regulation in the Kingdom.
• Difficulties faced by Health Sector and vendors.
• Legislations and regulations of medical devices.
• Medical devices management.
• Concerned bodies expectations from the SFDA.