تنطلق فعاليات "معرض الرعاية الصحية السعودي" المعرض والمنتدى الدولي الرابع عشر للطب والتأمين وطبابة الأسنان والصيدلة والمعدات العلمية وتجهيزات المختبرات تحت رعاية وزارة الصحة خلال الفترة من 3 – 6 جمادى الأولى 1428هـ الموافق 20 – 23 مايو 2007 في مدينة جده وذلك بالتزامن مع "معرض المستشفيات السعودي" حيث يوفر هذا المعرض المناخ المناسب لطرح آخر المستجدات في هذه التخصصات, والذي يحضى باهتمام عدد كبير من الزوار من المتخصصين والعامة.

The SFDA, represented by its medical devices and products sector, participated in the sixth meeting of the technical committees that belong to the Asian Harmonization Working Party (AHWP) which was held in Hong Kong during the 25th to the 27th of April, 2007.

تنظم اللجنة الزراعية بالغرفة التجارية الصناعية بالرياض بحضور وزير الزراعة الدكتور فهد بن عبدالرحمن بالغنيم غدا اللقاء الخامس للتسويق الزراعي تحت عنوان: « العولمة» بمقر الغرفة بالرياض.
ويهدف اللقاء إلى الرفع من كفاءة التسويق الزراعي في المملكة وذلك من خلال تعزيز دور انظمة التعاقدات في التسويق والتعرف على طبيعتها ونماذجها ورفع الوعي بأهمية تحسين جودة المنتجات الزراعية وتطبيق المواصفات القياسية السعودية والتعرف على مدى جاهزية الأسواق الزراعية للادوار التسويقية الحديثة.

D. Mohammed bin Ahmed Alkanhal the executive acting president of the SFDA stated that the survey of monitoring food sector foreign workers revealed that it is a big challenge to the SFDA since several organizations are carrying out this duty and food laboratories of land borders need reframing.
He added in a meeting with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Riyadh that the SFDA is working at setting a Saudi food system and a national comprehensive program to monitor

A number of SFDA employees has completed a first aid course given by the Saudi Red Crescent Assembly cooperating with the administrative services department. The course was held in the main hall of the SFDA and attended by more than thirtee employee from SFDA different sectors. It lasted three days averaging three hours daily and varied from practical to theoretical lessons.
The trainees learnt the basics of how to save lives of victims, how to offer first aid while protecting oneself and what are life threatening cases and indications.

Since the SFDA believe in importance of improving systems and laws of food in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and within the project of setting a Saudi food law draft, the SFDA organized a meeting entitled '' Food Law- a Comparative Study of International Systems'' on Sunday 3-5-1427H, corresponding to 20-5-2007. D. Dived Jukes, food law specialist who participated in setting laws of food in many countries, delivered the speech.

In a poll raised by the SFDA on its intranet portal about advertisements of drugs and food products, 68.35% voted that they do not trust such ads and consumers are deceived by them. However, 24.31% think that they are realistic to some extent, while 3.67% believe that they are quite realistic. The remaining 3.67% voted (I don’t know).

The SFDA drug sector started an educational program of medicine; which aims to introduce the authority, raise consumers awareness about issues related to drugs and their different kinds whether herbal or chemical and the SFDA role in protecting the community. As a first step, six million leaflets and two hundred thousands stickers have been distributed to hospitals, health centers (clinics) and some of them to

Some of SFDA employees participated in a symposium entitled "Activities of Authorizing Products and Procedures of Conformity Assessment", which was organized by the Saudi Arabia authority of standards and specifications. The participants were: food consultants and specialists, chemists and specialists of medical devices from SFDA different sectors.