Selected Online Information Resources

Below are selected online information resources relevant to regional initiatives produced by FAO and partners.

1. International Portal for Food Safety, Plant and Animal Health
   

   The purpose of the portal is to facilitate trade and food safety in food and agriculture by providing a single access point to authorized official international and national standards, legislations, and official supporting materials related to sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) across the sectors of food safety, animal and plant health. It has been developed in association with Codex, CBD, IPPC, OIE, WHO and WTO. It contains formal texts related to food safety and animal and plant health such as Agreements, Basic texts, Decisions, Disputes, Guidelines, Legislation, Regulations, Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs), Notifications, Standards, and trade concerns as well as Communications, Manuals and Training materials, Secretarial papers, Specifications and Contacts. It has 20,000 items in it (not counting items that exist in multiple languages).