Vanuatu radio station gives air time to World Food Safety Day
The national radio station Buzz FM 96.3 in Vanuatu broadcast an interview with Hilde Kruse, Senior Food Standards Officer at the Codex Secretariat, on 15 June 2020 to share news of World Food Safety Day.
In the interview, Kruse explained that foodborne illnesses are preventable if everyone uses hygienic practices and follows food safety measures. “We need to ensure that all players are aware of their responsibility and have the tools they need to do their part,” she said, calling on farmers, fishers, producers, distributors, vendors, restaurant workers and food consumers to engage in keeping food safe.
The radio news program has covered Codex work and food safety on several occasions.
The Government of Vanuatu, an island in the southwest Pacific, is currently the Codex Regional Coordinator for North America and South-West Pacific (CCNASWP), which provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of food safety.
Vanuatu has twice hosted Codex sessions of CCNASWP, last time in September 2019 http://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/committees/codex-regions/ccnaswp/about/en/
The Regional Coordinator is actively promoting Codex work in the region, including the development of regional standards for products of specific importance to the region.
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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
Vanuatu radio station gives air time to World Food Safety Day
The national radio station Buzz FM 96.3 in Vanuatu broadcast an interview with Hilde Kruse, Senior Food Standards Officer at the Codex Secretariat, on 15 June 2020 to share news of World Food Safety Day.
In the interview, Kruse explained that foodborne illnesses are preventable if everyone uses hygienic practices and follows food safety measures. “We need to ensure that all players are aware of their responsibility and have the tools they need to do their part,” she said, calling on farmers, fishers, producers, distributors, vendors, restaurant workers and food consumers to engage in keeping food safe.
The radio news program has covered Codex work and food safety on several occasions.
The Government of Vanuatu, an island in the southwest Pacific, is currently the Codex Regional Coordinator for North America and South-West Pacific (CCNASWP), which provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of food safety.
Vanuatu has twice hosted Codex sessions of CCNASWP, last time in September 2019 http://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/committees/codex-regions/ccnaswp/about/en/
The Regional Coordinator is actively promoting Codex work in the region, including the development of regional standards for products of specific importance to the region.
Listen to the radio program:
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