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DocumentDevelopment of national food safety indicators in the Philippines using a One Health approach
Training workshop report. 18-20 March 2019, Quezon City, Philippines
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No results found.This report presents the proceedings of the two and a half day kick-off activity conducted by the Philippine College of Veterinary Public Health (PCVPH) as the FAO Service Provider for the pilot project “Development of national food safety indicators with a One Health Approach”. Fifty-eight participants representing various interests of the government and the private sector attended the consultation-workshop to learn about the concept of measuring food safety, using as indicative list the 40 food safety indicators (FSIs), otherwise called “priority areas”, identified in the Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation held in Singapore in 2017. After doing sequential workshop sessions, the participants selected five (5) priority areas which will henceforth be evaluated as to measurability and possibility to serve as the initial set of at least three (3) national FSIs. The concept of food safety culture was also introduced to the participants. -
DocumentFAO and Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority national seminar and workshop on food safety culture and food safety indicators pilot project in Bhutan 2019
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No results found.The report presents the proceedings of 1) a high level advocacy seminar on food safety culture for policy decision makers, heads of the technical departments and institutions and food business owners to introduce the concept and garner support for food safety culture; 2) a technical workshop on food safety culture for food professionals aimed at instituting a deeper understanding of food safety culture; and 3) a field trip to the south of Bhutan to understand the current progress with the food safety indicators and traceability work that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have implemented in Bhutan in collaboration with Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority and Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan (KGUMSB). FAO, in collaboration with Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA), Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF), Royal Government of Bhutan organized it from 19 August to 23 August 2019. Approximately 50 participants comprising senior government officials, top management of various stakeholder organizations, heads of international agencies and development partners attended the high-level seminar, while 60 technical officers working on food production, safety and regulation from government, private food businesses and relevant stakeholders attended the training workshop. The mission concluded that BAFRA/FAO/Food innovators could jointly initiate activities based on the food safety culture concept in Bhutan. -
BookletMeeting 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.
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