World Food Safety Day can have a global impact on the way food is produced and consumed
Representatives of government, food safety experts, industry and UN specialized agencies gathered in Rome on 7 June 2019 to ramp up efforts to combat foodborne illness and reaffirm that food safety “is everyone’s business” on the inaugural World Food Safety Day.
Carlos Mora Gómez, Vice-Minister of Economy, Industry and Commerce, Costa Rica
Carlos Mora Gómez, the Vice-Minister of Economy Industry and Commerce from Costa Rica underlined how national governments, as decision-makers and policy-makers, have the challenge of guaranteeing access to safe and nutritious food for all people and also promoting sustainability in their food production.
“We are convinced that the management of food safety requires a comprehensive and inclusive approach to be effective”, he said, promoting multisectoral collaboration, so that it is a shared responsibility among the different sectors: government, farmers, food companies and consumers and taking advantage of public-private partnerships.
Costa Rica led the initiative to proclaim the 7 June World Food Safety Day through the Codex Alimentarius, with FAO, WHO and finally at the United Nations.
Ndèye Maguette Diop, Head of Agri-Food Committee, Association sénégalaise de Normalisation
Ndèye Maguette Diop, Head of the Agri-Food Committee in the Senegalese Standards Association, said “food safety management is challenging when our food supply is under threat and we face economic issues and demands of consumers”. To enjoy a sustainable and inclusive food safety system it is necessary to invest in governance, operations, training and communication. “We have upgraded our regulations to align with Codex standards and trained our experts to implement them”, she said.
Codex Secretary Tom Heilandt (left) talking to David Crean, Mars
On this inaugural World Food Safety Day, “together we must move beyond the words and reports of the past decade to problem solving actions based on partnerships and collaborations”, said David Crean, Vice President, Corporate R&D for Mars Incorporated. The day should be used to maintain continuous awareness, encourage action and commitments, reporting on progress and the way forward in a “transformational programme of collaborative action”, he said.
Read more
World Food Safety Day web page
Watch the full webcast of the 7 June Rome event
Photo credits
©FAO/Giulio Napolitano, ©FAO/Alessandra Benedetti
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
World Food Safety Day can have a global impact on the way food is produced and consumed
Representatives of government, food safety experts, industry and UN specialized agencies gathered in Rome on 7 June 2019 to ramp up efforts to combat foodborne illness and reaffirm that food safety “is everyone’s business” on the inaugural World Food Safety Day.
Carlos Mora Gómez, Vice-Minister of Economy, Industry and Commerce, Costa Rica
Carlos Mora Gómez, the Vice-Minister of Economy Industry and Commerce from Costa Rica underlined how national governments, as decision-makers and policy-makers, have the challenge of guaranteeing access to safe and nutritious food for all people and also promoting sustainability in their food production.
“We are convinced that the management of food safety requires a comprehensive and inclusive approach to be effective”, he said, promoting multisectoral collaboration, so that it is a shared responsibility among the different sectors: government, farmers, food companies and consumers and taking advantage of public-private partnerships.
Costa Rica led the initiative to proclaim the 7 June World Food Safety Day through the Codex Alimentarius, with FAO, WHO and finally at the United Nations.
Ndèye Maguette Diop, Head of Agri-Food Committee, Association sénégalaise de Normalisation
Ndèye Maguette Diop, Head of the Agri-Food Committee in the Senegalese Standards Association, said “food safety management is challenging when our food supply is under threat and we face economic issues and demands of consumers”. To enjoy a sustainable and inclusive food safety system it is necessary to invest in governance, operations, training and communication. “We have upgraded our regulations to align with Codex standards and trained our experts to implement them”, she said.
Codex Secretary Tom Heilandt (left) talking to David Crean, Mars
On this inaugural World Food Safety Day, “together we must move beyond the words and reports of the past decade to problem solving actions based on partnerships and collaborations”, said David Crean, Vice President, Corporate R&D for Mars Incorporated. The day should be used to maintain continuous awareness, encourage action and commitments, reporting on progress and the way forward in a “transformational programme of collaborative action”, he said.
Read more
World Food Safety Day web page
Watch the full webcast of the 7 June Rome event
Photo credits
©FAO/Giulio Napolitano, ©FAO/Alessandra Benedetti
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