The CCASIA Region - Regional Coordinator China

The Coordinating Committee for Asia was established at the 11th Meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission held in Rome, Italy, in July 1976. Its first meeting was held in New Delhi (India) in January 1977.

The regional coordinator operates from within the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment.

China’s main priorities as coordinator include enhancing participation in Codex meetings, supporting the prioritization of Codex work in the region, improving harmonization of food safety standards and accelerating the revitalization of the coordinating committee by sharing information and providing regular updates on food safety issues within the region.

China also wishes to promote collaboration with observer organizations and improve efficient and effective communication between regional members FAO, WHO, and the Codex Secretariat.

CCASIA Coordinator

All information on Codex is public and free.

For regional enquiries contact:

CCASIA Secretariat
No.37,Guangqu Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022

Tel: Tel: +86-10-52165402
Email: [email protected]

Sharing the responsibility for food safety in Indonesia

Jul 2, 2020, 09:35 AM by System

The Balai Besar POM (BBPOM) central office in Jayapura cannot work alone to guarantee food security in the province of Papua, it must work in synergy with other regional and cross-sector government offices. This suggestion was conveyed by one of the callers who joined the Interactive Dialogue "World Food Safety Day, Food Safety Joint Responsibility" at the RRI Jayapura on Tuesday 16 June 2020, which was carried out by teleconference. In an interactive dialogue guided by RRI Jayapura moderator Ida Susilowati, questions were raised about food safety and World Food Safety Day, celebrated on 7 June 2020, the role of BBPOM and the role of the community itself, together with the resource person at the Head of the POM Center in Jayapura Dr H. G. Kakerissa.

The theme for the World Food Safety Day commemoration was “Safe Food in Markets”, which was chosen because the market (modern, traditional, informal) is a place of activity of various walks of life in contact with food and others, also a place that is at risk in the spread of foodborne diseases and other diseases such as COVID-19.

The Head of BBPOM in Jayapura emphasized that food safety is a shared responsibility, both the government, businesses as producers, and the community as consumers. Everyone has a role to play from the farm to the table to ensure the food we consume is safe and will not damage our health.

The message for the public is that with the commemoration of World Food Safety Day it is hoped that the community can get used to food safety and pay more attention to the safety of the food they consume so as to reduce the risk of illness caused by food.