Regulation & Compliance

Our Regulation & Compliance Development services are executed by is a specialized external stakeholder support department that plays a critical role in ensuring that Food Crops sub-sector players comply with relevant laws, regulations, and standards.

The primary objective of R & C is to oversee compliance with regulations, codes of conduct, and standards that relate to the sub-sector.

R & C plays a vital role in promoting responsible and sustainable practices in the Food Crops subsector By ensuring compliance with relevant regulations, codes of conduct, and standards, R & C helps to protect the stakeholders, promote fair labour practices, and ensure the quality and safety of food crops and food crops produce.

Regulation & Compliance Department

Functions

  • Promotion of best practices by regulating the production, transportation, processing, marketing, grading, storage, collection, and warehousing of food crops and food produce.
  • Coordination of development and enforcement of regulations governing scheduled food crops.
  • Registration and licensing of dealers in food crops value chains
  • Facilitation of international trade through export and import clearance
  • Enforcement of standards in the food crops sub-sector in order to ensure food safety
  • Conduction of inspections and compliance audit for standards in stakeholder premises.
  • Development and review of the food crops produce Standards and Codes of Practices in collaboration with the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)
  • Carrying out appropriate measures to ensure safety in the domestic food supply.
  • Participation in the formulation of policies and guidelines for scheduled food crops.
  • Capacity build County governments’ officers on matters relating to regulations and compliance to enable them to discharge their duties effectively
  • Checking and evaluation of conformity of the food product imports into the country.
  • Promote self-regulation among the various categories of dealers along the value chain in line with relevant regulations