Evidence platform for agrifood systems and nutrition

Focus Area 3.4 Food safety across sustainable food systems
Sub-focus Area 3.4.1 Strengthening national and international cooperation on food safety

Recommendation Number: 3.4.1.b

Governments should develop, establish, strengthen and enforce, as appropriate, food safety control systems, including reviewing, adopting, updating and enforcing national food safety legislation and regulations to ensure that food producers and suppliers throughout the food supply chain operate safely. Governments should implement, as appropriate, and with the support of intergovernmental organizations, internationally adopted standards, in accordance with paragraph 41 of the [Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition] VGFSyN.

The identified documents have been grouped into four categories: UN evidence-informed documents, UN normative guidance documents, UN operational/technical guidance documents and other documents that have been published by non-UN bodies.