In 1964, at its second session, the Codex Alimentarius Commission established the Coordinating Committee for Europe to succeed the 'European Council of the Codex Alimentarius' and to replace the 'Advisory Group for Europe' set up at its first session in 1963.
The first meeting of the Coordinating Committee for Europe took place in July 1965 in Berne, Switzerland and was attended by 16 countries from the region.
As Kazakhstan begins its second term as coordinator issues such as food fraud and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remain priorities. CCEURO will be seeking increased cooperation across sectors and countries to address food fraud and regional AMR policy.
Other critical food safety issues in the region include the use of new types of raw materials, new foods, and new technological processes which are increasingly being used by the food industry. Extreme weather events and the effects of climate change also have a direct impact on food security and food safety.
The main goals for Kazakhstan as coordinator are the sustainable participation of non-EU countries in the work of Codex and the consolidation and cohesion of CCEURO Members based on the region’s commitment to Codex core values.
FAO Armenia is closely collaborating with the Food Safety Inspectorate of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, which implements assessment of food products conformity with the applicable standards, regulates the administration of veterinary and sanitary services, as well as ensures control and imposes sanctions acting on behalf of the Republic of Armenia.
To celebrate the World Food Safety Day (WFSD) this year, the Head of the Food Safety Inspection Body Mr Georgi Avetisyan delivered a video speech, congratulating everyone on [...]
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 [...]
On 7 June, the Bursa Food Engineer’s Chamber organized a food safety panel with representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, WHO Country Office and Consumer right association. The panellists insisted on the need to team up across sectors to improve food safety and stressed the importance of collaboration on risk evaluation, management and collaboration. The panel discussed the mechanisms to be implemented to strengthen the collaboration between FAO, OIE and WHO to implement the [...]
Food quality and safety is key to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the growing population is pressuring food producers to provide a sufficient supply of healthy, safe and accessible food. On the second observance of World Food Safety Day (7 June 2020), Food Nation used the occasion to promote the Danish food quality and safety and urge action by highlighting what everyone can do to ensure food safety.
This happened, among other things, during a webinar on Monday June 8, [...]
A live Twitter Q&A hosted by the European Food Safety Authority in collaboration with the Codex Alimentarius Commission answered questions about the #OneHealth approach, sustainable #foodsystems and the shared responsibility of #foodsafety.
Bernhard Url, Executive Director EFSA teamed up with Tom Heilandt, Codex Secretary to tackle a range of challenging food safety issues that you can read about by following the Twitter thread below:
EFSA WFSD Twitter Q&A
The Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, University POLITEHNICA Timisoara, Romania is joining the WHO and FAO campaign on World Food Safety Day by organizing the Youth and Food Safety Competition. Because the day is 7th of June, 7 themes on food chain components that greatly impact food safety are proposed to middle school, high school and college students for a poster presentation.
The aim is to raise awareness on food safety importance, to inform and to involve more and [...]
Luxembourg has launched an online quiz (www.secheriessen.lu) on food safety topics (from 3 until 14 June, available in French and Luxemburgish) to celebrate the World Food Safety Day edition 2020.
A press communication (in French) accompanied the launch of the quiz and shares the links to the EFSA website, to the new F2F strategy and to the results of the Eurobarometer 2019.
The press release was also published on the national food safety website using communication materials of the WHO and FAO campaign [...]
This year, to mark the second celebration of World Food Safety Day, FEDALCYTA, the Food Campus of the University of Barcelona and FEDNU, are holding a webinar on 8 June.
The webinar “Food Safety and COVID-19, Connection or Obsession? Exploring reality based on risk analysis” aims to provide an outlook of the changes required to prevent the impacts of COVID-19 impact on consumer health, global food trade, local markets and the food supply chain.
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Working to raise awareness of food safety and inspire action that helps prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, the European Food Safety Authority will be hosting a Twitter Q&A on Monday 8 June 2020, 15:00 CET.
Questions will be answered live on line by Bernhard Url, EFSA’s Executive Director and Codex Secretary Tom Heilandt
Read more about EFSA’s commitment to World Food Safety Day here.
Get involved on Twitter with the hashtag #AskEFSA
We look forward to answering your questions with #CodexSecretary Tom Heilandt [...]
إننا نتطلّع إلى الترحيب بمندوبي لجنة تنسيق الدستور الغذائي في أوروبا في مدينة ألماتي في كازاخستان للمشاركة في الاجتماع المقبل للجنة التنسيق الإقليمية المشتركة بين منظمة الأغذية والزراعة ومنظمة الصحة العالمية خلال سنة 2019.
