Building Effective Food Safety Systems
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FA
Published: May 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9789251052723
Subjects: Reference - General; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Medical; Business / Economics / Finance; Congresses; Food; Food contamination; Food industry and trade; Safety measures
Description: Approximately 400 delegates from 90 member countries and observers from 10 international governmental and non-governmental organizations participated to exchange information and experiences on the theme "Building effective food safety systems". A total of 13 working documents were presented and discussed in plenary sessions on two subthemes - "Strengthening official food safety control services" and "Epidemio-surveillance of food-borne diseases and food safety rapid alert systems". In addition, over 100 conference room documents were prepared by the participating countries and organizations covering the various topics of the forum. Side events were also held on specific matters of interest to the forum.--Publisher's description.