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FAO takes awareness on food standards to grassroots

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The Matters Press by The Matters Press
August 19, 2022
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FAO sensitises farmers on safety standards in food production, processing

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has rolled out regional awareness and sensitisation workshops on the importance of Codex Alimentarius standards and codes of practice for food safety.

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A statement on Friday in Abuja, by Mr David Tsokar, Communications Specialist for FAO, said the aim was to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in the international food trade by educating the key stakeholders on the importance of the food safety standards and codes.

He explained that the awareness would ensure the safety, quality and fairness in international food trade, the Codex Alimentarius or ‘Food Code.

“This is a collection of international standards, guidelines and codes of practice adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission”, he said.

He also said that during the awareness raising workshops in Kano and Lagos states, the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, who chairs the National Codex Committee (NCC), highlighted the issues of food safety practices to participants.

“He advised them to pay attention to quality and standards in food production and processing, to ease trade facilitation, especially at the international markets.

“The NCC membership in Nigeria is made of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, the Private sector, All Farmers Association, Research Institutes and the Food Industry.

The Minister pointed out that little or no attention was given to the issue of safety, quality and standards in food production, processing and trading and that it was high time to take the message down to the grassroots for awareness”, Tsokar said.

Similar, Director General, Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mallam Farouk Salim, harped on the need for enhanced synergy between regulatory agencies, the private sector and research institutes to continually contribute to the efforts for ensuring food safety in Nigeria.

Meanwhile, Mr Fred Kafeer, FAO Representative in Nigeria, noted that food safety was an essential path to sustainable food security and could be attained by establishing workable food safety control systems.

Kafeer, represented by the project’s Focal Point, Mrs. Saadiya Haliru, also noted that the safety control systems could transform to international food standards.

Among the recommendations made was awareness programme local education levels communication (IEC) handbooks by FAO) interpreted or/and translated into different local languages for distribution.

Recommendation was also made to include Journalists in the membership of NCC to effectively assist in the dissemination of information.

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