وافقت الدورة الثامنة عشر لهيئة الدستور الغذائي، التي عُقدت في عام 1989، على إنشاء لجنة التنسيق لهيئة الدستور الغذائي في أمريكا الشمالية وجنوب غرب المحيط الهادئ، حيث جمعت على حد تعبير وفد نيوزيلندا "البلدان النائية ... التي لديها العديد من المصالح المشتركة".
وتُمثل لجنة التنسيق لهيئة الدستور الغذائي في أمريكا الشمالية وجنوب غرب المحيط الهادئ منطقة متنوعة بشكل ملحوظ تجمع بين الاقتصادات الناضجة تماما مثل الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية وكندا وأستراليا ونيوزيلندا و10 دول جزرية صغيرة، أكبرها هي بابوا غينيا الجديدة (أكثر من 7 ملايين نسمة) وأصغرها جزر كوك وناورو التي يبلغ عدد سكانها حوالي 10000 نسمة.
ويقع مقر المنسق الإقليمي في وزارة الزراعة في فيجي.
كما تتطلع دولة فيجي إلى تطبيق المواصفات على المستوى الوطني ودعم جميع البلدان في المنطقة، ولا سيما الدول الجزرية الصغيرة النامية، لوضع إطار سياساتي سليم لسلامة الأغذية. وستدعم هذه المبادرات التحسينات في الصحة العامة، وتضمن أن الأغذية المستوردة آمنة وتتحلى بالجودة المتوقعة وتزيد من فرص الوصول إلى الأسواق الدولية.
وسيواصل المنسق الإقليمي دعم العمل المتعلق بالمواصفات الإقليمية، كما سيسعى إلى تعزيز مشاركة المنطقة في هيئة الدستور الغذائي بشكل عام. ويمكن تحقيق ذلك من خلال الاستمرار في تطوير القدرات على المستوى الوطني من خلال تعزيز دور المنسقين الوطنيين وتحسين نقاط الاتصال لزيادة المشاركة الفعالة في هيئة الدستور الغذائي.
Murray Watt, Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister for Emergency Management, speaking via video message, welcomed delegates gathering in Hobart, Tasmania, and online, for the opening of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS) taking place from 1-5 May 2023.
Watt said that achieving sustainable productivity growth in agriculture was increasingly critical to meet global food security concerns arising from the world's growing population. It was also vital to deliver on international [...]
By Scott Mersch Codex Contact Point, Australia
On 8 February 2023, the Chairperson of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS), Nicola Hinder, Australia, and Michelle Catlin, United States of America, the Chairperson of the Electronic Working Group (EWG), along with EWG Co-Chairpersons, delivered a virtual workshop to discuss progress to date on drafting the guidance on the Prevention and Control of Food Fraud. The draft guidance will be considered at Step 4 by CCFICS26 [...]
At the 16th session of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for North America and the South West Pacific held from 30 January to 3 February 2023 in Nadi, Fiji, Steve Hathaway, New Zealand, gave the keynote address on lessons learned from the COVID pandemic, which he said had “irrevocably changed international thinking on food control … [and] dramatically illustrated the importance of effective and science driven risk management by all sectors throughout the food chain.”
Hathaway went on to outline how the [...]
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Co-operatives, SMEs and Communications, Hon. Manoa Kamikamica (pictured centre), speaking on behalf of the Prime Minister and the Government of Fiji, opened the 16th Session of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for North America and the South-West Pacific (CCNASWP), taking place from 30 January to 3 February 2023 in Nadi, Fiji.
“Today’s rapid changes in trade, travel and commerce call for an international standard-setting system that is able to respond more quickly to new [...]
“After last having met as a region in 2019, the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for North America and the South West Pacific (CCNASWP16) provides an excellent opportunity to reconnect and exchange views concerning food standards and food control in the region,” said FAO’s Dirk Schulz, in Nadi, as preparations for the session neared completion.
WHO will be represented at the meeting by Jessica Kayamori Lopez. "This meeting will be a great opportunity to revisit the priorities of the region and hear from [...]
Vinesh Kumar is the Permanent Secretary for Agriculture in Fiji and will chair the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for North America and the South West Pacific (CCNASWP) that will take place in Nadi from 31 January to 3 February 2023.
Hosting the meeting puts Fiji and the region on the global map and gives us a better platform to be recognized in Codex. We have been involved in the development of the kava standard and other national areas of interest include pesticide [...]
World Food Safety Day (WFSD) activities in Samoa took place from 31 May to 7 June 2022, with the participation of over 1000 people. Activities consisted of interviews with Samoa National Codex Committee members, the screening of the interviews on television and social media, a World Food Safety Day-themed Trivia session on national television, and food-safety booths located next to the Accident Compensation Corporation Building (ACC) in Apia, Samoa.
Interviews with Tagaloa Eddie Wilson, Managing Director of Wilex, Samoa; Christina Ulberg, [...]
As a provider of food safety solutions, the global hygiene company, Diversey, organized month-long celebrations for World Food Safety Day 7–30 of June. Celebrations featured a food safety talk by the company’s Chief Revenue Officer, white papers and educational videos by company experts and scientists on various topics aligned with World Food Safety Day themes. The company also leveraged its social media network in over 80 countries to educate and engage with their food industry customers and the general public.
Diversey [...]
Boston Sword and Tuna in the United States of America celebrated World Food Safety Day at its facility. Management thanked food safety employees, who were treated to a celebratory cake, and discussed the role and importance of being food safety promoters.
The company explained that it adheres to food safety and quality standards and has a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-registered facility which ensures conformance with codes of practice, industry standards, regulations and laws concerning production, processing, handling, labelling, distribution, and [...]
The Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) has agreed to send guidelines on the control of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and on the safe use and reuse of water in food production to the next Codex Alimentarius Commission for final adoption. Both proposed Codex texts are extensive documents and although the general sections and several commodity specific annexes are now finalized, the committee will continue to negotiate on specific areas of intervention for other foods.
Over 120 delegates participated in [...]
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