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.c

Governments and the [Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations] FAO/[World Health Organization] WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) should participate in, share and contribute, where appropriate, data and evidence to official international networks that exchange food safety information, including the surveillance of foodborne hazards and disease outbreaks and management of emergencies to improve food safety across a range of issues such as water quality, pesticide residues, food-borne pathogens, naturally occurring toxins, contaminants including heavy metals, pesticides residues, residues of veterinary drugs, residues of antimicrobials, food additives, pathogenic bacteria, viruses, toxins, parasites, zoonoses, and fraud/adulteration of food products.

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.