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Book (stand-alone)Manual / guideLayman’s guide to food safety in Asia and the Pacific – Introduction to the food safety toolkit
Food safety technical toolkit for Asia and the Pacific No. 1
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Food safety is a fundamental element of food security. To provide safe foods, food safety has to be connected to all the other elements that touch it and surround it. In our ever-changing world, these elements may remain scattered, neglected or unclear. This document provides a layman’s introduction to many food safety topics that are currently observed in the area, providing a list of possible documentation to rely on and asking to the readers some questions that cannot have one unique answer, but that rather invite for reflection on what can be done at the national level. This guide also serves as an index to the entire food safety toolkit, a collection of written materials on the less mainstream topics of food safety, but on which the readers are invited to read more detail and reflect. The contents are reported in the form of a small and unconventional handbook that aims at being referred to regularly by, and within easy of access of, those who interact daily with food safety. -
BookletTechnical reportMeeting report. FAO Regional meeting on food safety indicators in Asia and the Pacific – results of the pilot projects in Bhutan, China, Cook Islands and the Philippines. 2020
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No results found.Food safety can have a significant impact on public health and economic/trade implications and more importantly, it is a fundamental part of food security. However, the social and economic consequences of unsafe food are often invisible in many developing countries. This often leads the policy makers to consider the topic of food safety less of a priority and national budget allocation is not appropriately done. There is already a set of food security indicators to capture various aspects of food insecurity. As part of the food security indicators, a set of nutrition indicators also exist to complete the picture of food security from the efforts towards the sustainable nutrition aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Similarly, a Codex Alimentarius guideline adopted in 2017 recommends that countries establish food safety indicators for each desired outcome for the effective national food control system. Considering the global recommendations, in 2018-2019, four countries with different capacity levels, namely, Bhutan, China, Cook Islands, and the Philippines volunteered to pilot an initiative to develop food safety indicators, based on their countries’ capacities and contexts. Key indicators specifically tailored to their specific situations were piloted in each one of the four countries, and upon completion of the projects, a regional meeting was held to share the results of the pilot projects; to discuss the experiences, challenges and lessons learnt on the development of food safety indicators; and to discuss a way forward for the initiative to be scaled up to make a regional guidance tool. -
MeetingMeeting documentAddressing Food Safety Challenges of the Asia-Pacific Region 2018In the Asia and the Pacific region, food safety is important from the dual perspectives of improving public health and nutrition and enhancing trade in food commodities. Concerns of consumers on the fitness for consumption of food produced and traded across borders needs to be allayed through effective risk-based systems that assure safety and quality throughout the food chain. The paper discusses the key challenges being faced, some solutions, and potential partnerships (private sector, civil society, South-South triangular cooperation, development partners) that can be used to enhance food safety systems in the region. It describes FAO’s contribution to the strengthening of technical capacity to implement risk-based approaches in critical areas such as food inspection, monitoring, and surveillance; laboratory analysis; import control and strengthening the evidence base required for the framing of rules, regulations and procedures. It explains, with examples, how improved food-control measures and codes of practice can be implemented at every step of the chain, enabling smallholders to produce safer food and gain access to markets. It underscores the importance of implementing FAO’s action plan for tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through technical capacity development, evidence generation, governance and dissemination of good practices. The paper dwells on FAO's One Health Regional Initiative, currently being rolled out, as an expanded multidisciplinary opportunity to demonstrate benefits to agriculture, food systems and the environment in the region. It argues that the adoption of voluntary and international food standards, especially from Codex, can lead to multiple wins for the consumer, for the private sector and the government in the form of safer and more nutritious food, increased innovation and trade and better public health. Ministers are invited to advise FAO on areas of focus in the development of national capacities in core technical areas of food safety and cohesive actions to harmonize food safety standards in the Asia-Pacific region to safeguard public health and promote trade.
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureSustainable food systems: Concept and framework 2018
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No results found.The brief will be uploaded in the Sustainable Food Value Chain Knowledge Platform website http://www.fao.org/sustainable-food-value-chains/home/en/ and it will be distributed internally through ES Updates, the Sustainable Food Value Chain Technical Network and upcoming Sustainable Food Value Chain trainings in Suriname, Namibia, HQ and Egypt. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all
2021In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 and offers some indication of what hunger might look like by 2030 in a scenario further complicated by the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, which provide an important link between the food security and nutrition indicators and the analysis of their trends. Altogether, the report highlights the need for a deeper reflection on how to better address the global food security and nutrition situation.To understand how hunger and malnutrition have reached these critical levels, this report draws on the analyses of the past four editions, which have produced a vast, evidence-based body of knowledge of the major drivers behind the recent changes in food security and nutrition. These drivers, which are increasing in frequency and intensity, include conflicts, climate variability and extremes, and economic slowdowns and downturns – all exacerbated by the underlying causes of poverty and very high and persistent levels of inequality. In addition, millions of people around the world suffer from food insecurity and different forms of malnutrition because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets. From a synthesized understanding of this knowledge, updates and additional analyses are generated to create a holistic view of the combined effects of these drivers, both on each other and on food systems, and how they negatively affect food security and nutrition around the world.In turn, the evidence informs an in-depth look at how to move from silo solutions to integrated food systems solutions. In this regard, the report proposes transformative pathways that specifically address the challenges posed by the major drivers, also highlighting the types of policy and investment portfolios required to transform food systems for food security, improved nutrition, and affordable healthy diets for all. The report observes that, while the pandemic has caused major setbacks, there is much to be learned from the vulnerabilities and inequalities it has laid bare. If taken to heart, these new insights and wisdom can help get the world back on track towards the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookThe future of food and agriculture - Trends and challenges 2017
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No results found.What will be needed to realize the vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition? After shedding light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, the study provides insights into what is at stake and what needs to be done. “Business as usual” is not an option. Major transformations in agricultural systems, rural economies, and natural resources management are necessary. The present study was undertaken for the quadrennial review of FAO’s strategic framework and for the preparation of the Organization Medium-Term plan 2018-2021.