El Comité Coordinador del Codex para América Latina y el Caribe (CCLAC) fue establecido por la Comisión del Codex Alimentarius en 1974. Su primera reunión se celebró en Roma en 1976, con la participación de ocho países de la región. En su tercera reunión, se propuso un cambio de nombre para reflejar con mayor precisión la composición regional, adoptando su denominación actual. Esta propuesta fue aprobada por el Comité Ejecutivo en 1984. Actualmente, 33 países de la región participan del Comité.
Uruguay, a través del Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Minería, coordina el Comité del Codex para la región de América Latina y el Caribe. Desde este rol, promueve la participación inclusiva y sostenida de los países de la región en los trabajos del Codex, fomentando el diálogo técnico, la cooperación regional y la construcción de consensos.
En línea con los objetivos de los planes estratégicos del Codex, incluyendo- - los períodos 2020–2025 y 2026–2031, Uruguay colabora activamente para alcanzar las metas regionales. Esto se logra mediante el fortalecimiento de capacidades, la promoción del uso de los textos del Codex, el apoyo técnico a los países miembros y la articulación con organizaciones internacionales. Además, Uruguay impulsa el abordaje de desafíos emergentes en inocuidad y calidad de los alimentos, promoviendo enfoques integradores como “Una sola salud” y una participación más efectiva de los países en desarrollo en la Comisión y sus órganos auxiliares.
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Ibero-American NGO, the Comunidad Iberoamericana de Inocuidad Alimentaria (CIBICA) will be hosting a virtual event for World Food Safety Day with the participation of professionals and experts in food safety from across the Ibero-American region.
The event will feature:
Live broadcasts from various Ibero-American countries
Discussions on food safety and regional commitment to safer food
A special message to mark this important day
The premiere of a collaborative musical piece titled “Where the Voices of Ibero-America Unite”, a symbolic expression of unity and food safety culture across our [...]
The Brazilian Research Group “Risk and Resilience in Food Safety – GERRSAL,” coordinated by Professor Elke Stedefeldt, will host a national webinar to bring together undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and food safety professionals. Brazilian universities, agencies, organizations, and foundations have been invited to join the Group in promoting activities and encouraging broader participation in this discussion. The aim is to mobilize institutions across the country in a unified effort to raise awareness and strengthen food safety practices. [...]
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil is planning a World Food Safety Day symposium to bring together regulatory agencies, research institutions, and academic organizations to exchange knowledge, present scientific approaches, and strengthen partnerships in the field of food safety.
Date: 6 June 2025Time: 08:30-16:30 (Brasilia time)Location: National Institute for Quality Control in Health (INCQS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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World Food Safety Day 2025 events
A World Food Safety Day event is being organized by the General Coordination of Food Safety at the regulatory and supervisory body for the production, marketing and consumption of agricultural products in Ecuador, AGROCALIDAD, which is attached to the Ministry of Agriculture of Ecuador.
The event is organized with the support of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), as the IX Food Safety Seminar, with the theme "Science in Action."
Date: Wednesday 4 JuneTime: 08:30–13:30 Ecuador timeVenue: Auditorium of the [...]
To celebrate World Food Safety Day 2025 the Faculty of Chemical Sciences at the National University of Asunción in Paraguay will host an in-person seminar highlighting scientific approaches to ensuring food safety across different industries. The seminar is titled “Seminario de Inocuidad Alimentaria 2025 – La Ciencia en Acción”.
Organized by Prof. Mag. Vanessa Martínez Cuevas, the seminar will open with remarks in recognition of World Food Safety Day, followed by the screening of a video created by students from the Hygiene and Food Safety [...]
One of the aims of the Action to support implementation of Codex AMR texts (ACT) project is to raise awareness among stakeholders along the food production chain, about the need for responsible and prudent use of antimicrobials. When these drugs are overused or misused, they can become ineffective against bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic infections, leading to what is known as antimicrobial resistance, or AMR.
The ACT project is being implemented in six countries. Two of these are Bolivia (Plurinational State [...]
Great progress was made in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the Plurinational State of Bolivia at the end of January, when officials and professionals met to agree on next steps for introducing e-prescriptions for veterinary antimicrobial drugs. The move is a bid to combat the threat of foodborne AMR in the country by restricting access to and overuse of some drugs, which are becoming ineffective against some bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic organisms, causing a threat to life.
The [...]
por el Punto de Contacto Codex de Chile
El día 12 de diciembre de 2024 se realizó en la FAO de Santiago una sesión simulada de la reunión internacional del Codex Alimentarius con un programa conjunto sobre Normas Alimentarias Comité del Codex sobre cacao y chocolate.
En la bienvenida a la actividad participaron Hernán Chiriboga, representante de IICA en Chile y Joao Intini, Oficial de Políticas y Sistemas Alimentarios para América Latina y el Caribe de FAO. Posteriormente, la sesión simulada estuvo [...]
With the growth in the international trade in food comes the need to be able to prevent, detect and manage foodborne diseases across borders. Foodborne diseases can occur even when there are robust food control systems in place and can cause illness across the globe. In these cases, the FAO/WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) facilitates the rapid exchange of the information needed between different national authorities to enable them to address cases of foodborne disease outbreak in a [...]
María de los Angeles Gatica is the regional coordinator for the Action to support implementation of Codex AMR texts (ACT) project, which helps countries contain foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR). She is one of the youngest project leaders across FAO. We spoke to her about her role and about what has motivated her to help the ACT project to its impressive successes so far.
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