A new LEGN publication describes the key aspects of food fraud and discusses a set of measures that food safety authorities can take in order to curtail this long-standing problematic issue. Indeed, food fraud (i.e. the intentional deceit of consumers...

February 2021: an ‘ecosystem approach to fisheries’ (EAF) is about balancing diverse societal objectives, the knowledge and uncertainties about human and natural systems and their interactions and applying an integrated, adaptive and holistic approach to fisheries. Implementing an EAF is...

08-11 February 2021: the first virtual regional training workshop on the use of the Legislative Guide and the Legal Diagnostic Tool for Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries was held as part of the collaboration between LEGN, the Fisheries Policy, Economics and Institutions...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) recently published a new report on ‘International instruments on the use of antimicrobials across the human, animal and plant sectors’. The report...

The latest FAO statistics show us that around 14 percent of food produced globally is lost and this can occur anywhere between the post-harvest stage and up until the retail stage (not including it). For Latin America, this equates to...