Human nutrition

• Nutrition country profiles
  • Profiles by country
  • Country profiles Africa
  • Country profiles Asia & South East Pacific
  • Country profiles Latin America & the Caribbean
  • Country profiles Near East
• Food composition
  • The International Network of Food Data Systems (INFOODS)
  • Courses and Workshops in Food Composition
  • Food Composition Conferences and Meetings
  • INFOODS Publications
  • International Food Data Conference
  • International Food Composition Tables Directory
  • Journal of food composition & analysis
  • Network Information Sources
  • Regional Data Centres
  • Software Related to Food Composition and Nutrition
  • Tagnames for Food Components
  • Technical projects
• Nutrition assessment
  • Body mass index - A measure of chronic energy deficiency in adults
  • Food insecurity and vulnerability information and mapping systems (FIVIMS)
  • The Sixth World Food Survey
  • The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2001
  • WHO Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition
• Nutrition requirements
  • Background information: Nutrient Requirements in Human Nutrition
  • Experts invited to the energy consultation
  • Links to Country-Specific Nutrient Requirement Sites; Regional and International Links
  • Nutrient requirement
  • Past Expert Consultations
  • Upcoming Expert Consultations
  • Working group participants
• National policies and strategies
  • National Plans of Action for Food Security and Nutrition
  • Nutrition Considerations for Agricultural Research
  • Sustainability in Nutrition Improvement Programmes
  • Targeting for nutrition improvement
  • The Impact of Global Change and Urbanisation on Nutrition, Household Food Security and Food Safety
• Household food security and community nutrition
  • Food based approach
  • Food emergencies
  • HIV/AIDS and nutrition
  • Improving Nutrition through Home Gardening
  • Micronutrients
  • Participatory nutrition
• Nutrition information, communication and education
  • Feeding minds, fighting hunger
  • Food-Based Dietary Guidelines
  • Nutrition Education and Training
  • Nutrition education in schools

Food safety and quality

• Codex Alimentarius



• Risk assessment
  • Provision of scientific advice to Codex and to FAO/WHO Member Countries
  • Acrylamide
  • Antimicrobial resistance: Non-human Antimicrobial Usage and Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Biotechnology: Foods Derived from Biotechnology
  • Biotoxins
  • JECFA, food additives, contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food and residues of veterinary drugs in food
  • JEMRA, microbiological hazards in foods, microbiological risk assessments
  • Residues of Veterinary Drugs without ADI/MRL


• Food safety and quality assurance
  • Consumers
  • Food chain
  • Food processing
  • Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs)
  • Good Hygiene Practices (GHPs)
  • HACCP
  • Laboratory quality assurance
  • Mycotoxins
  • Primary production
  • Storage and distribution


• Food control systems
  • Food trade
  • National food control systems
  • Risk analysis


• Food and food products
• Coffee quality and safety
• Fresh fruits and vegetable
• Milk and dairy products
• Organically produced foods
• Probiotics
• Street foods


• Capacity building
  • Field projects
  • Tools


• Meetings and conferences
  • Meetings and conferences
  • Technical and expert consultantions
  • Workshop and seminars
  • Ministerial Round Table: The Dimension of Food Safety in Food Security