Report of the second meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Food Safety: Safer Food for Better Health, virtual meeting, 19 and 22–23 April 2021

Report of the second meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Food Safety: Safer Food for Better Health, virtual meeting, 19 and 22–23 April 2021 PDF Author:
Publisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9240031731
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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The second Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meeting on the update of the WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety was held virtually on 19, 22 to 23 April 2021. The meeting was attended by WHO headquarters staff from the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO regional advisors for food safety and 23 TAG members. Staff from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the Codex Secretariat joined the meeting as observers. The overall objective of the second TAG meeting was to review the first draft of the WHO Global Strategy Food Safety prepared by the WHO Secretariat based on the discussion from the first TAG meeting and comments received from TAG members, and to finalize the draft for public consultation. The second TAG meeting agreed on the overall structure and content of the draft strategy. This meeting noted the importance to highlight technical cooperation and knowledge sharing among countries for the implementation of the strategy and it was agreed to establish global food safety indicators and targets for the strategy to enhance its accountability.