Title: The dynamics of sanitary and technical requirements assisting the poor to cope : Expert Consultation, Rome, 22 - 24 June 2004.
Authors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Food adulteration and inspection Congresses; Sanitation Congresses.; Food industry and trade Sanitation Congresses.; Animal industry Congresses.
Abstract: The objective of the consultation was to provide advice to FAO and member governments on the impact of sanitary and phytosanitary standards on domestic livestock markets, and in particular to consider impacts on the poor who participate in livestock food chains, and the extent to which their concerns are being addressed. This publication describes the conclusions of the experts and observers of the consultation, and contributes to a global debate on the subject of livestock standards and market exclusion.
Contents: Scope and definitions -- Standards -- Risk analysis, food chains and value chains -- The poor -- Who and what drives standards setting? -- Drivers of standards -- Standards setting processes -- Problems for developing countries and the poor -- How do existing and anticipated standards affect the structure of the livestock food chain and vice versa? -- Who is winning and who is losing from changes? -- Winners -- Losers -- What can be done to help the losers? In particular, what can be done to assist the poor to cope? -- Standards setting -- Assistance in complying with standards -- Exit strategies -- Recommendations -- FAO mandate and activities -- Challenges for the future -- The standards setting process -- Methodology -- The overall approach to food safety and veterinary public health -- Advocacy on behalf of developing countries -- Dissemination of information -- Strategy -- Working papers -- Experts -- Observers -- FAO Secretariat.