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Learn about the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031
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38 FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and Caribbean
18 to 21 March, 2024, Georgetown, Guyana
Stories
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Events
Webinar series for capacity building on Codex topics of interest for the Latin American and the Caribbean region
Virtual Event, 23/04/2024
This December 12 we continue with Module 8: Codex texts on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Register here. Future sessions will be announced soon.
Context
The growing population worldwide, the increase in food demand, the consequent growth of the food industry, added to global health risks, demonstrate the importance of incorporating food safety into national policies and the strengthening of the Food safety systems.
Foodborne diseases generate great impacts on the health of the population. Worldwide, it is estimated that 600 million people (1 in 10 people) get sick from consuming contaminated food, and that 420,000 people die each year from this same cause (FAO and WHO, 2019). These diseases are usually caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals present in contaminated food or water (FAO and WHO, 2019).
The global health situation of recent years had a strong impact on the agri-food system, with major disruptions in food production and processing, in the food supply chain and corresponding logistics, and in food consumption patterns, among others.
The use of antimicrobials in food production and the potential emergence of infectious agents resistant to antimicrobials in food represent a risk to public health, and may affect food trade.
International organizations are working to strengthen the application of standards related to food safety among all actors in the food chain, to protect the health of the population (consumers) and achieve fair trade.
Good Agricultural Practices – GAP, Good Manufacturing Practices – GMP, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points – HACCP, different ISO Standards, among others; are essential resources in the production and value chains to ensure food safety.
The Phyto and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control Agency of Ecuador (AGROCALIDAD), as the base of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean (CCLAC), and the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (FAO RLC), come together under the project Implementation of Codex standards to support containment and reduction of foodborne antimicrobial resistance to offer a series of virtual seminars with the purpose of socializing and promoting the application of Codex Alimentarius standards for the strengthening of national food safety systems.
The series of virtual seminars will be transmitted between 2022 and 2025 to the entire Latin American and Caribbean region, in Spanish and English.
To date, seven modules have been transmitted
- Module 1: Guide and orientation for new Codex Alimentarius participants
- Module 2: Basic Codex texts
- Module 3: Future Food Safety Challenges
- Module 4: Application of Codex - Regional Experiences
- Module 5: Food Safety under the One Health Approach
- Module 6: Contaminants in fishery and aquaculture products.
- Module 7: Food Fraud
Contact
Antimicrobial Resistance Coordinator
Communicator for the Regional Better Nutrition Priority
Regional Representative
Regional Representative
Mr. Mario Lubetkin has been Assistant Director General and FAO Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean since 1 August, 2022.
Key Documents
Publications
2030 Food, agriculture and rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean
2023
Within the context of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), undertook a process of reflection on the future of agriculture, food systems and rural areas of Latin America and the Caribbean. It was a dialogue that involved a hundred experts from a score of nationalities, from academia, research centers, international organizations, other UN agencies, and the FAO itself.
FAO's four priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean
In depth
We are all connected
how our health is linked to that of animals, plants and the environment.
FAO Campus
Courses of self-study, semi face-to-face and virtual with tutor.
Central American Dry Corridor
Stories and facts about this "land of opportunities" in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
Parliamentary front against hunger
More than 400 legislators work with FAO, the Spanish Cooperation and AMEXCID
1000 Digital Villages in Latin America and the Caribbean Initiative
Rural tourism experiences and digitization in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Global
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
Discover the systems in Latin America globally recognized as agricultural heritage.
One Country One Priority Product
Global action on green development.
World Food Day
Water is life, water is food. October 16, 2023. Leave no one behind.
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Gender Equality
Empowering women in food and agriculture.
Global School Feeding Platform
Technical resources for experts and practitioners.
Data on food and agriculture
Free access to data from more than 245 countries.
Multimedia
FAO Brief - 20 May 2024
20/05/2024
In this episode, 1.8 million people in Honduras experience high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification or IPC; FAO’s Director-General urges peace and digitalization to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the Regional Conference for...