Food Safety
Understanding Food Safety Hazards and Risks
Why look at food hazards and risks? Safe food for all is an over-arching motto of all GMS Agriculture Ministries. Promoting public understanding of mitigation and prevention of foodborne diseases is essential.
Greater Mekong Subregion: Becoming a Hub for Safe and Environment-Friendly Food
Salmonella strikes again. (http://www.newsweek.com/salmonella-twenty-six-french-babies-sick-after-d...) In early December 2017, a French company, Lactalis, recalled milk formula, which affected 26 French infants due to salmonella contamination. The milk formula is marketed under different brands called, “Milumel, Celia and Picot” and the contaminated product was also exported to China and other countries i.e.
Policy Forum GMS as One: Regional Approaches to Food Safety/Market Access, 31 March
Policy Forum on (GMS) as One: Unified Regional Approaches to Food Safety and Market Access
Objective: To agree on unified regional approaches and measures that promote harmonized food safety standards and greater market access for safe, environment-friendly, high quality GMS agro-food products.