Le Comité exécutif du Codex Alimentarius, un pionnier en matière de travail virtuel
La soixante-dix-neuvième session du Comité exécutif de la Commission du Codex Alimentarius (CCEXEC) a recommandé que des textes essentiels du Codex sur l’hygiène alimentaire et la gestion des allergènes alimentaires, ainsi qu’une série de normes produits régionales et mondiales – visant des produits comme le kava, la sauce au piment, le kiwi, l’ail ou encore l’igname – soient transmis pour adoption à la prochaine session de la Commission, la quarante-troisième. Cette session aura lieu en ligne à partir de la [...]
24 July 2020
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Chile organizó seminario sobre la importancia de los métodos oficiales del Codex
Bajo el nombre “Importancia de los métodos oficiales del Codex Alimentarius y su uso a nivel nacional e internacional”, se realizó ayer el seminario organizado por la Agencia Chilena para Calidad e Inocuidad Alimentaria (ACHIPIA), el Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), el Instituto de Salud Pública (ISP), el Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG) y la empresa Granotec. El objetivo de la actividad consistió en demostrar la importancia de los métodos oficializados y utilizados por el Codex Alimentarius [...]
21 July 2020
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Sichuan Agricultural University students share news of food safety in a variety of ways
To celebrate World Food Safety Day (WFSD) in 2020, the Sichuan Agricultural University made a video combining their education and research on food safety with the WFSD theme, introducing the importance of basic education on food safety. The knowledge would be leveraged to promote greater awareness of food safety among more people.
The university students also published a video on WeChat to reach an even wider audience, and help spread the news about WSFD and raise public awareness of food safety. [...]
20 July 2020
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La réponse de la FAO face à la Covid-19 affirme l’importance des normes sur la sécurité sanitaire des aliments pour le commerce
Lors d’un séminaire en ligne le 14 juillet 2020 intitulé « Action conjointe face à la Covid-19 : renforcement de notre réponse mondiale », ont été présentés les sept principaux domaines d’intervention mis en place par la FAO en réponse à la crise de la Covid-19, accompagnés d’un message clair : il n’est pas possible de conserver le statu quo.
Si nous continuons comme si de rien n’était, nous assisterons à de lourdes pertes humaines.
Le directeur général de la FAO, QU Dongyu, a [...]
19 July 2020
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Pour l’élaboration des normes, le Comité exécutif du Codex choisit la voie du virtuel
Moment historique pour la Commission du Codex Alimentarius : le Comité exécutif (CCEXEC) a inauguré sa soixante-dix-neuvième réunion en ligne en raison de la pandémie actuelle de Covid-19. Lors de quatre sessions en ligne réparties sur sept jours (du 13 au 20 juillet 2020), le comité examinera des normes proposées à l’adoption ainsi que des suggestions de nouveaux travaux, soumises par les comités ayant pu se réunir avant qu’il ne devienne impossible de voyager en mars de cette année et que toutes [...]
15 July 2020
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Food safety is an issue of concern to all in Qatar
The Ministry of Public Health of Qatar organized a series of initiatives in celebration of World Food Safety Day that made news headlines in June 2020. During a webinar a draft Arab food safety policy was presented. The Arab Food Safety Team of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States had tasked Qatar with preparing the initial draft, which is ‘to provide the technical basis for joint coordination and standardization of procedures among the competent authorities in the [...]
08 July 2020
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Peruvian organizations team up to promote food safety in support of hospitality and restaurant sector
In observance of World Food Safety Day, the Sociedad de Inteligencia Competitiva and Le Cordon Bleu University, both based in Peru, carried out awareness-raising activities in June 2020 to promote food safety, and enhance human development as well as the competitiveness of the country. The activities culminated on 24 June (Farmers’ Day) with a virtual forum called "Food Safety, Everyone’s Business", like the 2020 global campaign theme, for which more than 750 people registered including private sector representatives, researchers, government [...]
07 July 2020
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FAO team up with Food and Drug Authority in Indonesia to celebrate World Food Safety Day
The National Drugs and Food Authority (BPOM) in Indonesia held a webinar on 10 June entitled "World Food Safety Day: Safe Food in Markets" to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of this UN Day. Those participating included key partners in food safety practice in Indonesia and the keynote address was given by FAO Representative in Indonesia, Stephen Rudgard.
Read the full report on the FAO Indonesia website.
07 July 2020
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Codex Trust Fund announces funding for eight new projects
The FAO/WHO Codex Trust Fund Secretariat has announced eight successful applications from five Codex regions. The countries or groups of countries involved will receive funding to run activities geared towards building strong and sustainable national Codex systems with the ultimate aim of increasing their participation in the work of Codex.
Africa: Mauritius
Asia: group application from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar
Europe: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan
Latin American and the Caribbean: Guyana, and group application from El Salvador and Guatemala
Southwest Pacific region: Samoa, Tonga
A spokesperson for the [...]
03 July 2020
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Spices sector gears up for post-COVID challenges and revival
by Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) Secretariat
Towards the end of 2019, a new strain of coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2, which showed unprecedented virulence and severity, was reported from Wuhan, China. Within about three months, the number of confirmed cases of infection, called COVID-19, had soared and the virus had spread to many countries across the world with exponentially rising infection and death rates. The outbreak was then declared a global health emergency, and on 11th March 2020, WHO [...]
02 July 2020
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