FAO warns of illness from raw freshwater fish
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has warned of illness linked to eating raw freshwater fish in Southeast Asia. Food safety experts said Group B...
View ArticleThreat to Indigenous People's Food Systems: FAO
Indigenous people's food systems are at high risk from climate change, major infrastructure projects, and the granting of concessions that allow mining, commercial agriculture...
View ArticleFAO helps countries measure progress with food safety indicators, mitigation
A pilot project has backed up the potential to use food safety indicators to strengthen national control systems but found results are not comparable between countries. Several...
View ArticleFao - Isotopic measurement of iron requirements in sub-Saharan African children
ABSTRACTBackgroundPrevention of iron deficiency in African children is a public health priority. Current WHO/FAO estimations of iron requirements are derived from factorial...
View ArticleFao - Global prices for food commodities continue to rise
Data from the Food and Agriculture Organization shows global food prices have gone up for a second consecutive month in September. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 130.0...
View ArticleFao - Balancing a sustained pursuit of nutrition, health, affordability and...
ABSTRACTBackgroundTo guide the transformation of food systems to provide for healthy and sustainable diets, countries need to assess their current diet and food supply in...
View ArticleChina evaluates food safety law; FAO reports on food safety in Africa
A project in China has found the country improved its food safety control system from 2009 to 2019 and food did become safer. China launched the food safety indicator pilot...
View ArticleFao - African food safety event hailed as ‘just the beginning'
Experts have called for debates at a conference on food safety in Africa to be the “beginning of a journey” during their concluding remarks. Blaise Ouattara, food safety and...
View ArticleFao - Experts assess ways to reduce produce safety risks
European experts and commercial growers have this month listed a series of recommendations to help reduce the risk of produce contamination. A workshop in 2019 featured...
View ArticleFao - WHO reports show food safety strategy progress
The World Health Organization has published two reports from meetings of a group working on its revised food safety strategy. WHO's food safety strategy for 2022 to 2030 will...
View ArticleFAO assesses food safety role at times of food insecurity
Food safety needs to be considered in situations involving food aid and limited availability, according to the FAO. A case study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
View ArticleFAO looks at impact of trends on food safety
Emerging food safety challenges must be thought about when looking at the changing food system, according to the FAO. A Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
View ArticleWHO and FAO call for experts and data on pathogens in poultry
The World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations are looking for data and experts on Salmonella and Campylobacter in poultry...
View ArticleFAO part of project to boost food safety in Zimbabwe
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is helping to improve public health and food safety in Zimbabwe. The FAO has trained environmental health personnel...
View ArticleFAO and WHO call for experts and data on Listeria monocytogenes
The FAO and WHO want data and experts to help with work related to Listeria monocytogenes. A Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and World Health...
View ArticleFao - Experts evaluate STEC control measures
Experts have reviewed how effective and practical certain control measures against E. coli are in two sectors. The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Microbiological Risk...
View ArticleFao - Ukraine raises food safety and fraud concerns at Codex meeting
Ukraine has warned that Russia's invasion of the country threatens food safety and it is also worried about food fraud. Comments were made at the FAO/WHO Regional Coordinating...
View ArticleFao - Review of food safety project finds progress in Bangladesh
A project on food safety in Bangladesh has improved the situation but gaps still remain, according to an evaluation document. The report covers efforts from 2013 to 2019 in...
View ArticleGlobal food collapse: 49 Million people at risk of experiencing famine or...
A joint report from the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Program warned that 49 million people in 46 countries are at risk of falling into...
View ArticleFAO tries to collect good food safety management practices
A regional unit of the Food and Agriculture Organization and a university in Finland are looking for good practices to improve food safety management. The FAO Regional Office...
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