Food Safety

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.