Comité Coordinador Regional del Codex para Asia (CCASIA) - Coordinador regional: Japón
El Comité Coordinador para Asia se creó en el 11.º período de sesiones de la Comisión del Codex Alimentarius celebrado en Roma (Italia), en julio de 1976. Su primera reunión se celebró en Nueva Delhi (India) en enero de 1977.
El coordinador regional trabaja en el Ministerio de Agricultura, Silvicultura y Pesca del Japón.
Japón, en su calidad de coordinador regional para Asia, aspira a alcanzar los siguientes objetivos, manteniendo al mismo tiempo los valores fundamentales del Codex, es decir, la inclusión, la colaboración, la creación de consenso y la transparencia:
- Fomentar la colaboración y la coordinación dentro de la región facilitando el intercambio de opiniones, de modo que los miembros asiáticos puedan estar bien informados y participar eficazmente en la Comisión y sus órganos subsidiarios; y
- Promover debates abiertos y constructivos en el Comité Coordinador Regional para identificar las cuestiones actuales, emergentes y críticas relativas a la protección de la salud del consumidor y la garantía de prácticas justas en el comercio de alimentos dentro de la región, y abordar estas cuestiones de manera oportuna.
Noticias de la región
Korea holds 19th annual celebration of food safety
‘Korea is a leader in food safety’ Tom Heilandt, Codex Secretary, said in a video message for the 19th Korean Food Safety Day ceremony.
The 19th Korean Food Safety Day ceremony was held at the International Center of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul, Korea on 12 June on a smaller scale than usual due to COVID-19. However, the food safety heroes along the food chain – in production, processing, storage, transport, retail and distribution – as well [...]
12 June 2020
On World Food Safety Day Megan Young explains the five keys to safer food at home
On World Food Safety Day Megan Young shows why respect for food, knowing where it has come from and what it is made of, is a critical part of ensuring what we eat is safe.
In a video produced for the WHO Philippines promotion of World Food Safety Day, Megan demonstrates how to practice the WHO 5 keys for safer food when cooking Tinola a traditional chicken soup.
Handling food safely prevents foodborne diseases.Miss World 2013 and @FAOPhilippines #ZeroHunger Champion Megan Young [...]
11 June 2020
World Food Safety Day observed in Beijing, China
On 7 June, the Office of the Food Safety Committee of the State Council, together with the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the National Health and Health Commission, the General Administration of Customs, and the General Administration of Market Supervision, hosted the 2020 China World Food Safety Day event in Beijing. Xiao Yaqing, Director of the Food Safety Committee Office of the State Council and Director of the General Administration of Market Supervision, attended the [...]
10 June 2020
Vice President of India shows support for World Food Safety Day on social media
In support of the 2nd celebration of the World Food Safety Day the official twitter account of the Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu ran a a series of messages underlining the need to create awareness of foodbourne diseases and stressing how all those responsible along the food chain should work to ensure food is safe, healthy and nutritious.
On this World Food Safety Day,I call upon all stakeholders – Producers,Vendors,Consumers &Governmentsto ensure that the food we consume is safe, [...]
09 June 2020
Join the webinar Food Safety, Everyone’s Business: The India Experience June 10, 2020 | 11am - noon EST
Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director of Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank will join Pawan Agarwal, Special Secretary, Logistics, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and previously the CEO of the Food Safety and Standards Authority India to talk about India’s experience with improving food safety. The discussion will be moderated by Lystra N. Antoine, CEO of the Global Food Safety Partnership.
Speakers
Pawan Kumar Agarwal
Beginning his civil service career in 1985 as an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) [...]
09 June 2020
Food safety is everyone’s business “even yours and mine”
The words of Ojasvini Naik, at aged eight India’s youngest food safety ambassador and a young girl with both a passion and a mission, who is already a veteran of food safety messaging. At just aged 6 Ojasvini learnt through participating with her Mother in food safety training for food handlers that children her age carry the burden of foodborne disease with 125 000 deaths per year according to WHO.
2018 awards ceremony: Sanjay Dave (former Chairperson Codex Alimentarius Commission), Pawan [...]
06 June 2020
Japan celebrates World Food Safety Day and delivers key COVID-19 information for the public
Japan celebrates the World Food Safety Day. The Japanese government (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) posts a message of “Food safety, everyone's business” on social media to bring the attention of the public. In addition, “a Guide to World Food Safety Day 2020” was translated to Japanese in order to involve relevant stakeholders to join this celebration.
In order to overcome challenges caused by COVID-19 and ensure food safety, the “COVID-19 and food [...]
05 June 2020
Food safety education in elementary school classes in China
Promoting the 2nd World Food Safety Day
By Tian Ding, Mingming Guo, Yiran Jiang
An exciting Food Safety publicity and educational programme for the second World Food Safety Day was held by Department of Food Science and Nutrition of Zhejiang University on 29-31 May 2020. It was titled “Food Safety enters the classes and promotes Food Education in elementary schools”. They integrated food science with safety fun and brought this exciting activity into Liuxia elementary school in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China. [...]
02 June 2020
El Comité sobre Aditivos Alimentarios apoya la innovación manteniendo sus valores fundamentales
Muchos de los comités técnicos del Codex están estudiando la forma de continuar trabajando sobre temas específicos sin celebrar reuniones presenciales, a fin de no perder un año entero. El 21 de mayo de 2020, el Comité del Codex sobre Aditivos Alimentarios (CCFA), cuyo país anfitrión es China, se reunió de forma virtual con los países que lideran los grupos de trabajo electrónicos del comité para abordar las inquietudes de los países miembros y observadores sobre la forma en que [...]
29 May 2020
Joint FAO/OIE/WFP/WHO food safety webinar - Food safety in the “new normal”
Have you noticed that you are now washing your hands more properly than the last year? It is an important yet unique opportunity on the second observance of World Food Safety Day that we all have a chance to reflect how our continuous and new food safety actions could fit into the “new normal” era.
Over the last few decades, a substantial amount of efforts have been made to improve our food safety systems in Asia and the Pacific. Consumers are more aware of food [...]
25 May 2020
Video Message
Coordinador de CCASIA
Toda la información relativa al Codex es pública y gratuita.
Para consultas regionales, comuníquese con:
Secretaría de CCASIA
International Standards Office, Food Safety Policy Division, Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan
1-2-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Tel: +81 3 3502 8732
Correo electrónico: [email protected]