Three webinars on Codex and food safety for Latin America and the Caribbean
Three webinars for Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in 2023 to strengthen the implementation of Codex standards. The webinar on future challenges in food safety will be held in April, followed by the webinar on the application of Codex standards (regional experiences) in July, and the webinar on food safety under the One Health approach will take place in October.
“The growing population worldwide, the increase in food demand, and the consequent growth of the food industry added to global health risks, demonstrate the importance of incorporating food safety into national policies and the need to strengthen national food safety systems. We believe that these webinars will be helpful to share experiences and lessons learned from each other in the context of Codex standards and their role in strengthening the food safety system,” said Marisa Caipo, FAO Food Safety Officer, the Regional Office of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Phyto and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control Agency of Ecuador (AGROCALIDAD), representing Ecuador as Chairman of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean (CCLAC), and the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (FAO RLC), under the project Action to support implementation of Codex AMR Texts (ACT), offer a series of virtual seminars to promote the application of Codex Alimentarius standards to strengthen national food safety systems.
The seminar on the future challenges in food safety will be held on 28 April 2023, in English and Spanish, 10:00 - 12:00 GMT-5. Eleonora Dupouy, FAO Food Safety and Quality Officer will talk about the global challenges in food safety; Nathalie Gibson, Acting Technical Director for Food Safety, Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA), and Claudia Guzman, Codex Contact Point in El Salvador, will share their plans and insights to address those challenges.
Other webinars planned for this year:
Implementation of Codex standards (regional experiences) - 7 July 2023
Food safety under the One Health approach – 6 October 2023
To register and review the materials from previous webinars please go to the event website in English (https://www.fao.org/americas/eventos/ver/en/c/1603338/) and in Spanish (https://www.fao.org/americas/eventos/ver/en/c/1603338/).
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.
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Three webinars on Codex and food safety for Latin America and the Caribbean
Three webinars for Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in 2023 to strengthen the implementation of Codex standards. The webinar on future challenges in food safety will be held in April, followed by the webinar on the application of Codex standards (regional experiences) in July, and the webinar on food safety under the One Health approach will take place in October.
“The growing population worldwide, the increase in food demand, and the consequent growth of the food industry added to global health risks, demonstrate the importance of incorporating food safety into national policies and the need to strengthen national food safety systems. We believe that these webinars will be helpful to share experiences and lessons learned from each other in the context of Codex standards and their role in strengthening the food safety system,” said Marisa Caipo, FAO Food Safety Officer, the Regional Office of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Phyto and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control Agency of Ecuador (AGROCALIDAD), representing Ecuador as Chairman of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean (CCLAC), and the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (FAO RLC), under the project Action to support implementation of Codex AMR Texts (ACT), offer a series of virtual seminars to promote the application of Codex Alimentarius standards to strengthen national food safety systems.
The seminar on the future challenges in food safety will be held on 28 April 2023, in English and Spanish, 10:00 - 12:00 GMT-5. Eleonora Dupouy, FAO Food Safety and Quality Officer will talk about the global challenges in food safety; Nathalie Gibson, Acting Technical Director for Food Safety, Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA), and Claudia Guzman, Codex Contact Point in El Salvador, will share their plans and insights to address those challenges.
Other webinars planned for this year:
Implementation of Codex standards (regional experiences) - 7 July 2023
Food safety under the One Health approach – 6 October 2023
To register and review the materials from previous webinars please go to the event website in English (https://www.fao.org/americas/eventos/ver/en/c/1603338/) and in Spanish (https://www.fao.org/americas/eventos/ver/en/c/1603338/).
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