Global Food Safety Resource

GFSR is an online information center that provides reliable food safety solutions and expertise to food companies involved in the world's supply chain. GFSR is promoting best practices for food safety from farm to dining in all areas of the food industry

As food supply becomes more and more global, there is an urgent need to strengthen the food safety system among all countries and between. The WHO is working with countries to help establish a network of food safety authorities to promote exchange of food safety information and to improve cooperation among food safety authorities at national and international level. In addition, WHO advocates for integration into national disaster prevention plan of food safety and emergency situation. Access to safe water and high quality food is a major problem between floods, earthquakes and other natural disasters. Foods in disaster areas are polluted and may cause food poisoning.

Food safety standards are based on sound scientific principles, as each country can not rely solely on its own food safety management system in a worldwide interdependent food safety environment, focusing on actual public health risk We have to adjust. so. The recent increase in the number of food safety incidents worldwide has led to a shift in the way food safety management is implemented. The focus of regulatory work is to use risk assessment tools to drive food safety policies and standards away from management based on defined results. New risk management approaches based on concepts such as food safety goals and performance targets are being developed. With these methods, the food industry can achieve specific goals by applying key principles of healthcare code (GHP) and hazard analysis. Control point (HACCP)