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Trade and food standards. FAO Trade Policy Briefs No. 24

FAO Support to the WTO Negotiations at the 11th Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Policy brief

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Trade and food standards. This brief emphasizes the importance of applying international food safety standards, and how these standards are applied in the context of WTO agreements based on the jointly prepared publication by FAO and WTO

Language English

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