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BookletWorld Food Safety Day 2020 - Overview of an inspiring virtual celebration 2020The second UN World Food Safety Day fell amid the extraordinary global moment of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a day - or, in some cases, a week or more - of ‘masks, microbes and microphones’ that saw initiatives – organized by individuals, families, communities, schools, businesses and government offices – reshaped for a ‘new normal’ that looks set to affect food safety and food systems for the foreseeable future. In this overview of the global celebrations, we take a glimpse at the webinars, videos, press conferences, editorials, contests, social media posts, campaign messages and more that involved millions of people across the world in May and June 2020. Find out more about food safety on the FAO, WHO, Codex Alimentarius and INFOSAN websites.
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DocumentHorizon Scanning and Foresight: An overview of approaches and possible applications in Food Safety
Background paper 2: FAO Early Warning/Rapid Alert and Horizon Scanning, Food Safety Technical Workshop, Rome, 22-25 October, 2013
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No results found.Many factors inside and outside the food production system(s) could directly and/or indirectly drive the emergence of important food safety hazards, risks and issues. It is important to identify these events at an early stage of the system or preferably prevent their occurrence. To improve food control systems at any level, the food control paradigm has shifted from reactionary to preventative (predictive) approaches. Effective monitoring of important drivers of change that could contribute to t he emergence of important hazards or issues is necessary at the global, regional, and/or country-level. Traditionally, various surveillance approaches and tools are used to identify and assess potential hazards, risks and issues and to provide recommendations for potential actions. While these traditional approaches are reasonably effective to identify immediate hazards and issues, there is a need to also predict important medium to long-term issues to allow for effective preventative actions. H orizon scanning/foresight/future scenario methodologies or approaches have been widely used across different sectors for many years, and more recently in food safety to identify potential medium and long-term hazards and opportunities. -
ArticleInvesting in Food Safety for Developing Countries:Opportunities and Challenges in Applying Whole-Genome Sequencing for Food Safety Management 2019
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No results found.Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has become a significant tool in investigating foodborne disease outbreaks and some countries have incorporated WGS into national food control systems. However, WGS poses technical challenges that deter developing countries from incorporating it into their food safety management system. A rapid scoping review was conducted, followed by a focus group session, to understand the current situation regarding the use of WGS for foodborne disease surveillance and food monitoring at the global level and identify key limiting factors for developing countries in adoptingWGSfor their food control systems. The results showed that some developed nations routinely use WGS in their food surveillance systems resulting in a more precise understanding of the causes of outbreaks. In developing nations, knowledge of WGS exists in the academic/research sectors; however, there is limited understanding at the government level regarding the usefulness of WGS for food safety regulatory activities. Thus, the incorporation of WGS is extremely limited in most developing nations. While some countries lack the capacity to collect and analyze the data generated from WGS, the most significant technical gap in most developing countries is in data interpretation using bioinformatics. The gaps in knowledge and capacities between developed and developing nations regarding the use of WGS likely introduce inequality in the international food trade, and thus, relevant international organizations, as well as the countries that are already proficient in the use of WGS, have significant roles in assisting developing nations to be able to fully benefit from the technology and its applications in food safety management.
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