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GLOBAL – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are seeking experts to participate in the future work of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbial Risk Assessment (JEMRA) in the area of human enteric viruses in foods. Governments, businesses, academia, consumer advocacy groups, laboratories, and other interested parties are also…
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GLOBAL – The Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) has published a revised proposed draft guidance on the management of foodborne illness outbreaks linked to microbiological hazards whose work began in November 2017 at the 49th Session of CCFH. The draft guidance, modified in response to stakeholder feedback, is meant to provide advice to food safety authorities on how…
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GLOBAL – The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) has released its latest resolutions from a meeting held in Rome in November 2022. Due to numerous comments on the draft report, its release was this time prolonged to make sure that everyone had approved the final version. The report focused on developing food safety regulations in Africa and includes advice for controlling…
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GLOBAL – As part of the “Action to Support Implementation of Codex AMR Texts (ACT)” project, Bolivia, Cambodia, Colombia, Mongolia, Nepal, and Pakistan have evaluated their strategies for addressing foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR). “The main goal was to assess how each country is doing regarding the implementation of the Codex AMR texts. It was important to identify the gaps and…
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UGANDA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) Coordinating Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA) has reappointed Uganda, through the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), as its Coordinator for the year 2022 to 2024. This comes after the (2020–2022) term, which was successfully completed and included hosting the 24th CCAFRICA meeting in Kampala in September…
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GLOBAL – The Codex Alimentarius Commission has onboarded new members from Bolivia, Cambodia, Colombia, and Nepal to its AMR Codex Texts (ACT) project to enable the countries to fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The veterinarians Jorge Berrios (Bolivia), Ana Carrizosa (Colombia), and Sakar Shivakoti (Nepal) have a wealth of knowledge in inter-institutional coordination and health management. Pisey Oum (from Cambodia) lends…
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ITALY – The UN food standards body, the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) is meeting this week to set food safety and quality standards to protect consumer health and ensure fair practices in food trade. The 45th Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC45) meeting, which is the first physical session in three years, brought together nearly 400 delegates joined by over 350…
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GLOBAL – The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) is inviting countries to apply for support from the FAO/WHO Codex Trust Fund (CTF) which helps countries to build strong, solid and sustainable national capacity to engage in Codex. Applications from qualifying countries or groups of countries are evaluated in a fair and open manner, and those that are approved are given support…
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UGANDA/TANZANIA – Uganda’s National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), which also serves as the CCAFRICA Coordinator, has completed a four-day session of twinning and mentoring on Codex Activities between Tanzania and Uganda. The twinning agreement’s goal is to reinforce member nations’ capacity and effectiveness in managing Codex activities, particularly with regard to chairing electronic working groups and hosting and co-hosting Codex…
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UGANDA – Over 250 representatives from 49 African nations and other international partners are attending a week-long hybrid conference in Uganda to examine strategies for enhancing food safety throughout the continent. Uganda currently serves as the Coordinator and Chair of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/World Health Organization (WHO) CODEX Alimentarius Commission, Coordinating Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA). Earlier in the…
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