Cambodia's drive for full SPS compliance has been a priority during the review period. A continuing challenge for effective SPS management is the need for relevant ministries and agencies, in implementing their legal mandates, to minimize duplication, reduce unnecessary inspections, and improve reporting mechanisms for food safety. The problem of
agency duplication of functions and inspections through the proliferation of subordinate legislation may have had detrimental effects on Cambodia’s SPS policy, reporting, and enforcement systems. However, the authorities contend that since the establishment of a 2010 regulation ( on the Implementation of an Institutional Arrangement of Food Safety based on a farm-to-table approach), the definition of responsibilities has been clarified between the agencies involved.