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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.

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‍CCASIA Secretariat
‍No.37,Guangqu Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022
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Tel: Tel: +86-10-52165402
Email: [email protected]

New Codex AMR project covered on Mongolian TV news

Jun 29, 2022, 11:06 AM by System

Mongolia is one of the first countries to start assessing their national antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance system in the food and agriculture sectors. This is part of the new AMR Codex Texts (ACT) project. The project was highlighted on three national TV networks as prime-time news.

“We trained 25 specialists from eight laboratories, we also conducted a workshop on the ATLASS tool with more than 100 stakeholders, assessed one regional laboratory, conducted a workshop to introduce the findings along with recommendations for the next decisions”, noted Jargalmaa Radnaabazar, ACT project manager in Mongolia.

To assess the national antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance system in the food and agriculture sectors in Mongolia, a mission took place in June 2022. This activity is part of the ACT project “Implementation of Codex standards to support containment and reduction of foodborne antimicrobial resistance”, supported by the Government of Korea.

The journalists talked to representatives of FAO and interviewed the beneficiaries of the project who highlighted the importance of this project for Mongolia, and the emergency to control AMR.

Full TV reports from Mongolia here:

Read more about the ACT project here: Implementation of Codex standards to support containment and reduction of foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR) (GCP/GLO/505/ROK) | Antimicrobial Resistance | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (fao.org)

Read more about the mission in Mongolia here: Mongolia planning to assess national antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance system | CODEXALIMENTARIUS (fao.org)