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MeetingMeeting documentEnfoques integrados para la gestión de inocuidad de los alimentos a lo largo de toda la cadena alimentaria 2002Durante las últimas décadas, la mayoría de los países que cuentan con sistemas de registro de enfermedades transmitidas por los alimentos ha informado aumentos significativos en la incidencia de enfermedades causadas por microorganismos patógenos en los alimentos. En los países industrializados, hasta una persona de cada tres puede ser afectada por enfermedades transmitidas por los alimentos cada año y la situación en la mayoría de los otros países probablemente sea aún peor. Además de las muert es y el sufrimiento humano causados por las enfermedades transmitidas por los alimentos, las consecuencias económicas son enormes, alcanzando los miles de millones de dólares en algunos países. En Europa, la encefalopatía espongiforme bovina (EEB o "Mal de la vaca loca") y la contaminación de los alimentos con dioxinas produjo que los consumidores perdieran la confianza en la inocuidad de los alimentos del Mercado, con severas consecuencias económicas. En muchos casos, los orígenes de los proble mas de inocuidad alimentaria pueden ser rastreados a la contaminación de los alimentos para animales u otros factores en los primeros eslabones de la cadena alimentaria, un área que hasta hace relativamente poco tiempo había recibido escasa atención de los responsables de la inocuidad de los alimentos.
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MeetingMeeting documentEl control de los alimentos en el Uruguay
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023
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2023This report provides an update on global progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2) and estimates on the number of people who are unable to afford a healthy diet. Since its 2017 edition, this report has repeatedly highlighted that the intensification and interaction of conflict, climate extremes and economic slowdowns and downturns, combined with highly unaffordable nutritious foods and growing inequality, are pushing us off track to meet the SDG 2 targets. However, other important megatrends must also be factored into the analysis to fully understand the challenges and opportunities for meeting the SDG 2 targets. One such megatrend, and the focus of this year’s report, is urbanization. New evidence shows that food purchases in some countries are no longer high only among urban households but also among rural households. Consumption of highly processed foods is also increasing in peri-urban and rural areas of some countries. These changes are affecting people’s food security and nutrition in ways that differ depending on where they live across the rural–urban continuum. This timely and relevant theme is aligned with the United Nations General Assembly-endorsed New Urban Agenda, and the report provides recommendations on the policies, investments and actions needed to address the challenges of agrifood systems transformation under urbanization and to enable opportunities for ensuring access to affordable healthy diets for everyone. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookFood loss analysis: causes and solutions – The Republic of Uganda. Beans, maize, and sunflower studies 2019
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No results found.This report illustrates the food loss assessment studies undertaken along the maize, sunflower and beans supply chains in Uganda in 2015-16 and 2016-17. They aimed to identify the critical loss points in the selected supply chains, the key stages at which food losses occur, why they occur, the extent and impact of food losses and the economic, social and environmental implications of the food losses. Furthermore, these studies also evaluated the feasibility of potential interventions to reduce food losses and waste. -
Book (series)Technical studyLatin America and the Caribbean - Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2023
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The 2023 edition of the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean presents an update of the data and trends in food security and nutrition in recent years. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and the conflict in Ukraine, as well as the economic slowdown, rising food inflation and income inequality have had an impact on regional figures. The most recent data shows that, between 2021 and 2022, progress was made in reducing hunger and food insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, the progress achieved is far from the targets established to meet SDG 2 of ending hunger. In addition, one in five people in the region cannot access a healthy diet and malnutrition in all its forms, including child stunting, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity continue to be a major challenge.