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Food Safety Capacity Building

Year of publication 2002

Author Nutrition Division

Product type Meeting

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Need and challenge stand out as the two driving forces associated with capacity building and technical assistance: the need for developing countries to improve food safety and quality measures and the challenges of meeting this need. This paper discusses the need for improvement of food quality and safety systems in developing countries in the context of food security, public health protection and international trade and examines means of addressing the associated challenges through new approach es in capacity building and technical assistance.

Meeting symbol GF 01 5

Language English

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