Lors d’un séminaire en ligne le 14 juillet 2020 intitulé « Action conjointe face à la Covid-19 :  renforcement de notre réponse mondiale », ont été présentés les sept principaux domaines d’intervention mis en place par la FAO en réponse à la crise de la Covid-19, accompagnés d’un message clair : il n’est pas possible de conserver le statu quo. Si nous continuons comme si de rien n’était, nous assisterons à de lourdes pertes humaines. Le directeur général de la FAO, QU Dongyu, a [...]

Moment historique pour la Commission du Codex Alimentarius : le Comité exécutif (CCEXEC) a inauguré sa soixante-dix-neuvième réunion en ligne en raison de la pandémie actuelle de Covid-19. Lors de quatre sessions en ligne réparties sur sept jours (du 13 au 20 juillet 2020), le comité examinera des normes proposées à l’adoption ainsi que des suggestions de nouveaux travaux, soumises par les comités ayant pu se réunir avant qu’il ne devienne impossible de voyager en mars de cette année et que toutes [...]

The FAO/WHO Codex Trust Fund Secretariat has announced eight successful applications from five Codex regions. The countries or groups of countries involved will receive funding to run activities geared towards building strong and sustainable national Codex systems with the ultimate aim of increasing their participation in the work of Codex. Africa:  Mauritius Asia:  group application from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar Europe:  Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan Latin American and the Caribbean:  Guyana, and group application from El Salvador and Guatemala Southwest Pacific region:  Samoa, Tonga A spokesperson for the [...]

by Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) Secretariat Towards the end of 2019, a new strain of coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2, which showed unprecedented virulence and severity, was reported from Wuhan, China. Within about three months, the number of confirmed cases of infection, called COVID-19, had soared and the virus had spread to many countries across the world with exponentially rising infection and death rates. The outbreak was then declared a global health emergency, and on 11th March 2020, WHO [...]

Members from the Latin American and the Caribbean region met online on 17 June 2020 to discuss and share their views about Codex, the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and identify the best practices to carry on the work of committee ahead of the next session. Diego Varela, Chile, Chairperson of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean (CCLAC), said that after working very actively on the follow-up to CCLAC21 through the Codex web forum, the countries of [...]

The European Green Deal sets out how to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The Farm to Fork Strategy is at the heart of the Green Deal. The strategy is also central to the European Commission’s agenda to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. A shift to a sustainable food system can bring environmental, health and social benefits, offer economic gains and ensure that the recovery from the crisis puts us onto a sustainable path. The European Union [...]

Members from one of the most diverse regions in Codex met online on 26 May 2020 to review the status of the disrupted Codex meeting schedule and explore how to best proceed with work in the committee ahead of the next session. Timothy Tumukon, Vanuatu, Regional Coordinator, for the Coordinating Committee for North America and the South West Pacific (CCNASWP), said attendance from around the globe “showed the commitment from all countries to work of Codex and food safety, especially in [...]

The six regional committees are the backbone of the international dimension of the Codex Alimentarius and an early warning system for global food safety issues. In this episode of the Codex podcast the regional coordinators discuss COVID, the importance of food safety standards and opportunities for new ways of working. Guests: Mohammad Hussein AliAbadi (Iran), Sunil Bakshi (India),  Nailya Karsybiekova (Kazakhstan), Kimutai Maritim (Kenya), Diego Varela (Chile)   UNFAO · COVID-19: the regional view on Codex and food safety   Read more Visit the COVID-19 thematic [...]

Mary Kenny, FAO food safety and consumer protection officer for the Europe and Central Asia region spoke in a recent interview from Budapest about how all those involved in food safety will need to adapt in order to maintain the safety and integrity of the food supply chain and support international trade. Read the full interview here on the FAO regional web pages. Photo credit © UN Ukraine/Volodymyr Shuvayev       

Préparé par le Président du Comité du Codex sur les systèmes d’inspection et de certification des importations et des exportations alimentaires (CCFICS) en coopération avec l’Australie, le Canada, les États-Unis d’Amérique, la Nouvelle-Zélande, le Royaume-Uni et l’Union européenne. La pandémie de COVID-19 continue de menacer la sécurité alimentaire en raison de son impact sur les chaînes mondiales d’approvisionnement alimentaire. Si elle n’est pas à l’origine de nouveaux problèmes, cette pandémie peut néanmoins exacerber les difficultés existantes du fait des changements occasionnés [...]