The Caribbean is not prepared to tackle the potential food safety impacts of climate change, according to experts.
Ronald Roopnarine, from the University of West Indies, said in reality the region is not climate present ready, never mind being climate change ready.
Renata Clarke, of the Food and Agriculture Organization
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Food safety experts from Honduras, Mongolia and the Caribbean have shared their experiences on implementing a One Health approach in a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) webinar.
Organized by the United Nations’ FAO in Geneva, the One Health dialogue series aims to increase awareness on the complexity of the issue
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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 (FAO) of the United Nations presents two scenarios — heavy metal (lead) in corn and fungal toxins (fumonisins) in cereal grains — showing
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More than 300 events were held in 90 countries promoting the third World Food Safety Day, according to a new report.
International organizations, governments, businesses, non-governmental organizations, academics and individuals organized the mainly virtual meetings to mark the day promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture
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The virus that causes COVID-19 is not a direct food safety concern, according to updated guidance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
The document replaces interim guidance from the FAO and World Health Organization (WHO) on coronavirus and food safety for food businesses, originally published
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has discussed plans to include food safety in the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Almost 250 indicators are monitored across a range of areas to assess progress toward the 17 Sustainable Development Goals introduced in 2015, but no food safety indicator is recognized yet despite
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People have to learn how to talk differently about food as it is not an accident it is safe, according to an FAO expert.
Markus Lipp, senior food safety officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said there is a lot of work behind the scenes on food safety,
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Up to 60 percent of people worldwide are worried the food they eat will harm them in the next two years, according to a poll.
More than half also expect they will be seriously harmed in the coming couple of years by eating unsafe food. The survey was conducted by
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The Coronavirus pandemic is more of a food security and trade problem than a food safety issue, according to experts.
The “COVID-19 & Food Safety Global Summit” was organized by the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP). David Tharp, executive director of IAFP, and Bill Marler, managing partner at Marler
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Governments have an important role to play in food safety to ensure it gets the attention and investment it deserves, according to a senior food standards officer with the Codex Alimentarius secretariat.
Sarah Cahill said authorities can ensure what food businesses are doing is adequate to guarantee consumers are getting
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