Bringing Global Food Safety Standards to Local Food Systems
View Article The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), a gathering of countries to set food safety and labeling standards, has a reputation for being a slow deliberative body focused more on international trade than consumer protection. Yet, its rapid action to address an issue of great importance to consumers and small business owners and vendors […]
Guidelines For Food Hygiene In Traditional Markets
Download Report Executive Summary Many low-income, food-insecure, and malnutrition-vulnerable communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America rely on traditional markets to access nutritious fresh food like meat, poultry, seafood, fruit, and vegetables. However, contaminated fresh foods in markets put the well-being of consumers at risk by compromising their uptake of nutrients, needed for proper […]
Integrating nutrition and food safety in food systems policy and programming
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All Over the Map: A 10-Year Review of State Outbreak Reporting
Download Report Executive Summary Preventing foodborne illness is a multi-tiered effort from the farm to the table, involving food producers and handlers, scientists, government officials, advocates and consumers. Vital to this effort are local and state public health officials, who track, investigate, and report foodborne illness outbreaks to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
