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Concluding workshop of the Pilot Project on National Food Safety Indicators in the Philippines

Workshop report

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Bangkok, Thailand ;

Pages 34 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) To understand the current food safety issues as well as some of the key challenges existing in the Philippines, a pilot project entitled Development of National Food Safety Indicators with a One Health Approach was implemented by the Philippine College of Veterinary Public Health for the Government of the Philippines. After pilot-testing these indicators with a baseline assessment, interventions and a post-intervention assessment, a one-day conclusion workshop was held on 27 February 2020. The workshop was attended by eighty-six people from national stakeholders including governmental agencies, academia, industry, non-governmental organizations, and international organizations. During the workshop, participants agreed that systematic food safety reporting and survey systems involving local governments significantly improves the public trust and at the same time, contributes to consolidate science-based national data. All stakeholders agreed that development of a set of common food safety messages developed collaboratively is effective, rather than having different pieces from each different agency. The workshop was concluded with the agreement that developing a complete set of national food safety indicators would be beneficial for the country, and the government agencies have been keen to mainstream this initiative into the regular programmes in the future.

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