En 1976, un Comité de coordination pour l’Amérique latine, créé par la dixième session de la Commission du Codex Alimentarius en 1974, a organisé sa première réunion à Rome, rassemblant ainsi huit pays de la région. Lors de la troisième session du Comité, il a été proposé de modifier le nom du Comité pour qu’il prenne sa forme actuelle (Comité de coordination pour l’Amérique latine et les Caraïbes), plus représentative de la région concernée. En 1984, la trente et unième session du Comité exécutif a approuvé cette modification au nom de la Commission.
La région d’Amérique latine et des Caraïbes est un acteur majeur de la production et du commerce alimentaires au niveau mondial. Elle produit assez de nourriture pour l’autosuffisance et pour l’export, et dispose d’assez d’eau et de terres pour produire encore plus de nourriture.
Cette région bénéficie d’une grande richesse naturelle, d’une industrie agroalimentaire florissante et d’une agriculture familiale essentielle pour sa population. La promotion et le renforcement de la sécurité sanitaire des aliments doivent se poursuivre dans toutes les régions afin d’assurer la santé des consommateurs ainsi qu’un commerce juste et équitable.
En tant que coordonnateur, l’Équateur opère au sein d’AGROCALIDAD, une agence rattachée au Ministère de l’agriculture et de l’élevage. Il vise à créer des synergies entre les différents pays de la région pour offrir un soutien mutuel, et ainsi surmonter les problèmes régionaux et étudier des solutions en réponse à des problématiques communes.
Le coordonnateur souhaite également renforcer la collaboration entre les pays, tout comme la participation des pays en développement au sein de la Commission et de ses comités subsidiaires.
The Chilean Agency for Safety and Food Quality (ACHIPIA) has organized a World Food Safety Day event for 7 June, 2023, under the title of this year’s theme, “Food standards save lives”.
The in-person seminar will take place at Auditorio Edificio Bicentenario, Teatinos 92, Santiago Centro and will highlight the effort and work carried out by the competent national authorities and organizations in matters of food standards setting and implementation. The objective of this activity is to highlight the importance of [...]
The National Association for Food Safety and Quality in Mexico (ANICA) is organizing its 2nd National Forum on Food Safety, which will take place on 7 June in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico with the theme “Food standards save lives”.
The event is being organized by ANICA, the Technological Institute of Mazatlán and the Coordination for the Promotion of Scientific Research and Innovation of the State of Sinaloa (CONFIE Sinaloa).
The event will include an ANICA Children's event and an ANICA "At Home" programme, [...]
In order to raise awareness on food safety issues among associates and the general population, the Association of Avocado Producers and Packers-Exporters of Mexico AC (APEAM AC), will organize its second World Food Safety Day Forum.
The event is organized with the aim of commemorating, promoting, disseminating and emphasizing to associates the importance of safety in the avocado crop production system. Various topics will be addressed, such as sustainability, laboratory techniques for analysis of microorganisms, pesticide residues, "accreditation", food safety and [...]
¡Bienvenido al Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos en América Latina y el Caribe 2023!
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En 2023, por tercer año consecutivo, las organizaciones internacionales y regionales CCLAC, IICA, FAO, OIRSA y OPS/PANAFTOSA se unen para celebrar el Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos (DMIA) y enfatizar la importancia de la inocuidad de los alimentos para una mejor salud.
Para su celebración, se realizarán dos actividades. Un webinario en el que participarán diferentes expertos de la región, [...]
The Private University of the Peninsula (UPP) of the City of Mérida Yucatán together with the School of Nutrition will celebrate World Food Safety Day.
The programme includes a series of activities devised by the nutritionist and teacher Luis Enrique Manzanero, who will carry out a commemorative day for students of the Bachelor of Nutrition.
The first activity is a conference for future nutrition professionals. This talk is called "The importance of food safety and food standards for the nutrition professional" and [...]
As the World Food Safety Day theme states: "Food standards saves lives. It is not only crucial for food security, but also plays a key role in reducing foodborne diseases".
Our role is to take active action at every stage of the food chain in our homes, schools, universities, jobs, as consumers and in other phases where we participate.
That is why, in view of the "World Food Safety Day" 2023, to be held on June 7, I made a commitment to [...]
The Salvadoran Agency for Technical Regulation (OSARTEC), Codex El Salvador Contact Point, held a workshop on 20 February 2023 to plan the 2023 National Codex Programme.
Read the news on the OSREATEC web site in English and in Spanish
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At William Cole (Tapihue) Wines’ Viña El Rosal in Chile this year, World Food Safety Day was observed in an event that included a talk and demonstrations about the culture of food safety within the company. By using microscopes and petri dishes with bacterial cultures in various stages of growth, the event holders graphically demonstrated the risks transmitted by poor hygienic practices and how to detect them. They talked about how everyone in the company has a role to play [...]
To strengthen national food safety systems and promote the application of Codex standards, there will be a webinar on basic Codex texts on 7 December 2022, 10.00–12.00 (GMT-5). This is part of the webinar series for capacity building in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
“For more than five decades Codex texts have contributed immensely to the safety and quality of the food we eat. Codex standards are used as a benchmark in international trade agreements, ensuring that trade can flow globally but not [...]
On 24 November 2022, the Institutional Strategic Plan was signed by the members of the National Codex Committee (CNCA) of Bolivia.
The plan aims to promote the use of Codex standards to facilitate trade and protect consumer health. It was developed by representatives from the public, private, academic and consumer sectors and was an additional outcome of a FAO/WHO Codex Trust Fund Project.
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