Report of the Meeting of APFIC 1999 Ad hoc Working Group of Experts in Food Safety
FAO. Report of the Meeting of APFIC 1999 Ad hoc Working Group of Experts in Food Safety, Bangkok, Bangkok Thailand, 15-17 March 1999. RAP Publication 1999/36, 43 p. The document presents the discussions of the Ad hoc Working Group of Experts in Food Safety of APFIC at its First Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, from 15 to 17 March 1999. The Working Group reviewed emerging food safety hazards from aquaculture products. The problems of food-borne parasites caused by fish consumption, especially on trematodes were discussed. The research priorities for the study on pathogens in the aquatic environment were also given. Subsequently, a regional workshop on research to prevent fish-borne trematode infections was organized and its report was included as Appendix 4 of this report.
