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MeetingCommunication and Participation - The Experience in Mexico 2002Food safety is crucial for Mexico's development because it has an impact on the health of the population, job creation, investments inflow, fair trade of food, and, globally, on the efficiency and productivity of the nation. While contaminated food is a concern involving the functions and responsibilities of different sectors, coordination, an integrating strategy, an explicit definition of responsibilities to achieve food safety from the farm to the table; and the design of models which allow t o measure the contribution of food safety to the objectives of the policy of each participating organization are needed.
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MeetingFood Inspection System in Turkey and a short look to new developments 2001
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No results found.Turkey, The Ministry of Health (MH) and The Ministry of Agriculture (MARA) share the responsibilities on food safety. Both Ministries have great role on food control area. The MH inspects the food production establishments to give the working license and also inspects the food sale and consumption places where the MARA inspects the food products which are produced in these production places and besides has the responsibility of import and export food control. The responsibilities of the two mini stries are given in the Main Food Law and supoorted by their own regulations. Within the harmonization process to European Union, the national legislation on food is being revised in some main topics such as offcial control of foodstuffs. The regulation of the MARA on Food Production, Consumption and Inspection of Foodstuffs, introduced HACCP principles and brought a new approach to food inspection system. In new plans for food control systems of the MH, hygiene codes in addition to HACCP s ystem is included to improve the current system. By this way more efficient and effective food control system is aimed to be achieved by the MH in Turkey within the cooperation of MARA. -
MeetingThe need to build the capacity of consumer organisations for improved participation in Codex 2001
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No results found.The role consumer organisations can have in strengthening the capacity and effectiveness of food safety and control systems in developing countries cannot be underestimated. From the standards setting process to the monitoring of foods in the marketplace, consumer organisations provide a critical yet neutral voice in supporting government efforts to improve the safety consumers face in the market place. Their involvement furthers consumer confidence in government systems and processes. Howe ver for them to play their full role, more work is needed to build the capacity of these organisations and also ensure their voice is heard within policy making processes. Consumers International has been successful in strengthening consumer organisations' ability to contribute to food safety issues. However these efforts need to be supported directly by Codex Alimentarius. Consumers International acknowledges the trust proposed by both FAO/WHO and are hopeful that some of the proceeds from this fund will be used to address the issues on capacity building of consumer organisations raised by this paper.
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