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Book (stand-alone)Private Food Safety Standards: Their Role in Food Safety Regulation and their Impact
Paper prepared by Renata Clarke for presentation and discussion at the 33rd Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
2010Also available in:
No results found.Private food standards are playing an increasingly important role in determining market access in international trade. The scope and objectives of these standards vary widely according to the nature of the entities developing and adopting them: they commonly address food safety, food quality or social and environmental issues along the production to marketing continuum. While official food safety standards must respect rules laid down within the SPS agreement, private food safety stand ards are not presently bound to this requirement. Given the growing importance of these standards, many developing countries are concerned that they undermine the authority of the texts adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). This paper is a response to requests made by member countries during the 32nd Session of the CAC in 2009 that FAO/WHO carry out a more critical analysis of the role, cost and benefits of private standards especially with respect to the impact on develo ping countries. The paper first provides a brief review of different types of private food standards and illustrates through a number of examples, the interplay between public and private spheres in the setting of food standards. The private interests promoted by private food standards are often in line with public interests: in some cases private standards can be seen as useful tools for implementing public policy and, where necessary, public authorities can be expected to take ac tion to obviate potential problems arising from private standards and their implementation. -
MeetingThe role of standards to facilitate trade of agricultural commodities for food security and nutrition
Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP) meeting 4 October 2016, Rome, Italy
2016Also available in:
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DocumentInterplay of forest management and human well-being, and the role of certification standards for management and research
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Forest management, management plans and work plan strategies, and the way the plans are developed and implemented influence human health and well-being in various direct and indirect respects.
Directly affected stakeholders are those conducting the forest work, and vice versa they do have a direct effect on the quality of the forest management interventions, and to a certain extent on the health of the ecosystem. Their physical and mental wellbeing depends on various factors influenced by the management. Physical health has synergies with work motivation and mental wellbeing, which is influenced e.g. by relations with supervisors and colleagues (respect and equity versus harassment and discrimination), direct and indirect income, and job security.
Forest management also has an influence on the quality of recreational and other ecosystem services of the managed forest and surrounding landscape. Regulation of access to such services, in engagement with neighboring and other interested, more indirectly affected stakeholders is to be considered in forest management planning.
Standards for certification, such as national forest stewardship standards, provide references and give guidance, including for forest management planning and for certain aspects of social management, to be followed by certified forestry operations.
On the example of tropical forests, based on literature, we provide an overview about synergies of forest management and human well-being, how far certification standards can address these issues (comparison of standards), and where gaps remain. We show how accessible data from certification (analysis of public reports) can be used to inform research, and how research can inform the development of forest stewardship standards. Keywords: Human health and well-being, Monitoring and data collection, Gender, Social protection, Sustainable forest management ID: 3487002
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