Prioritization and Coordination of Capacity Building Activities - Food Safety Control System in Malaysia

Prioritization and Coordination of Capacity Building Activities - Food Safety Control System in Malaysia

Year of publication 2004

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Product type Meeting

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Food safety is increasingly becoming a global challenge both by virtue of its public health impact as well as its economic and political implications. Malaysia has established the National Food Safety and Nutrition Council in 2001, a multi- sectoral forum to set clear policies and strategies for the continuous improvement of the food safety programme. This Council is chaired by the Honorable Minister of Health and formulates policy on food safety and nutrition, which will be integrated, with oth er national policies to address, amongst others, health, economic and trade issues. The National Food Safety Policy was formulated in 2002 and it aims at providing direction to all stakeholders in establishing and implementing food safety measures, through collaborative efforts to safeguard human health. To effectively implement the National Food Safety Policy in a more coordinated and integrated manner, a National Plan of Action on Food Safety had also been formulated in 2002. The action plan c learly defines the role of each stakeholder and its successful implementation will depend on the support and commitment of all the relevant government agencies and stakeholders.

Meeting symbol CRD 7

Language English

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

Book (stand-alone)
Strengthening national food control systems; A quick guide to assess capacity building needs 2007

Also available in:

French
Russian
Spanish

This guide is a companion document to the FAO Guidelines to assess capacity needs in the core components of a food control system1, and builds on and complement the FAO/WHO Guidelines for strengthening national food control systems2, which focus on the development of an integrated regulatory system for food control founded on a transparent, risk-based approach and the involvement of all the concerned stakeholders from farm to table. By providing a systematic approach to identify a nd prioritize needs and produce an action plan to strengthen the capacity of the food control system, this guide will improve the ability of food safety regulatory authorities to plan, implement and monitor their activities. It will also help to make the use of available resources more efficient and to raise additional resources for unmet needs.
Book (stand-alone)
Strengthening national food control systems - Guidelines to assess capacity building needs 2006

Also available in:

Chinese
French
Spanish

Food safety and quality are essential for food security, public health and economic development. Improving food safety is necessary to increase food security, which exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food, which meets their dietary needs and cultural preferences to have an active and healthy life (World Food Summit Declaration, 1996). Increasing the supply of safe and wholesome food reduces the impact of fo od-borne diseases, which cause many illnesses and deaths, as well as detrimental economic consequences, in both developing and developed countries every year. Ensuring the safety and quality of food exports promotes international trade, which provides a means to generate growth and reduce poverty.
Meeting

Prioritization and Coordination of Capacity Building Activities
(Paper prepared by India)
2004

Also available in:

No results found.

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

No results found.