Arab Republic of Egypt
Ministry of Agriculture & Land Reclamation
Agriculture Research Center
Regional
Center
for Food
& Feed
(RCFF)
The Regional Center for Food &
Feed (RCFF) was established in 1980,
by Dr. Akila Saleh Hamza The Center has grown in size from 5 persons in 1982 to 167 member
staff in 1994
then to 457 in 2011.
The number of analyzed samples has increased from less than 5000 in 1981
to more than 74000 in 2011.
The Center is officially responsible for the quality control of both
manufactured feed and imported feed ingredients. In addition, the
Center. shares in conducting the research plan for the development of
food and nutrition for human and animals. RCFF started to be involved in proficiency tests with both
BIPEA in France and FAPAS in UK, since 2002 tell now.