We need common international safety standards for food.

Dr Kazuaki Miyagishima WHO Director, Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses and former Codex Secretary, talks about the importance of Codex in International Standard setting for food safety.

Speaking at the margins of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the largest health policy meeting in the world and the supreme decision-making body of the World Health Organization, he underlined the importance of the scientific basis that advises the standard setting process.

The full interview is available here.