Codex and IPPC promoting standards for food and plant safety
All this week in FAO delegates at the Council have been able to walk through the Atrium during breaks and talk to experts in FAO about how the work FAO does matches the organisation's Strategic Objectives (SOs).
Strategic Objective 4
Friday it was the turn of Codex and IPPC to man the strategic objective 4 booth:
SO 4 - Enable inclusive and efficient agricultural food systems.
Senior Food Standards Officer Sebastian Hielm and IPPC Standards Officer Brent Larson (pictured right) were on duty today answering questions and explaining how harmonised international science-based standards are the way forward in facilitating trade, protecting the consumer and the environment whilst simultaneously increasing food security.
The work of FAO in SO4 was also showcased in a lunchtime side event where speakers highlighted the Strategic Objectives from an external perspective.
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At the heart of the Codex mandate are the core values of collaboration, inclusiveness, consensus building and transparency. Governmental and non-governmental, public and private organizations alike play a vital role in ensuring Codex texts are of the highest quality and based on sound science.
Codex would have little authority in the field of international standard setting if it did not welcome and acknowledge the valuable contributions made by observers. Expert technical bodies, industry and consumer associations
contribute to the standard-setting process in a spirit of openness, collaboration and transparency.
Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can apply for observer status in Codex in order to attend and put forward their views at every stage of the standard-setting process.
Current Codex Alimentarius Commission
Codex and IPPC promoting standards for food and plant safety
All this week in FAO delegates at the Council have been able to walk through the Atrium during breaks and talk to experts in FAO about how the work FAO does matches the organisation's Strategic Objectives (SOs).
Strategic Objective 4
Friday it was the turn of Codex and IPPC to man the strategic objective 4 booth:
SO 4 - Enable inclusive and efficient agricultural food systems.
Senior Food Standards Officer Sebastian Hielm and IPPC Standards Officer Brent Larson (pictured right) were on duty today answering questions and explaining how harmonised international science-based standards are the way forward in facilitating trade, protecting the consumer and the environment whilst simultaneously increasing food security.
The work of FAO in SO4 was also showcased in a lunchtime side event where speakers highlighted the Strategic Objectives from an external perspective.
Click here for additional images.
Codex and Observer
around the world since ancient times.
We might not always know where it comes from,
but we expect it to be available, safe and of good quality.
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