Codex Alimentarius

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📙 | Tea can play a significant role in rural development, poverty reduction & food security in developing countries being one of the most important cash crops. 👉#Codex texts contribute to ensuring 🍵 is also safe to consume. 📚➡️ bit.ly/CodexTexts #FoodSafety

📽️ | Codex work on accurate and reliable food labelling also directly contributes to the reduction of food waste. ➕ℹ️➡️ bit.ly/2Mwr3V4 #FoodSafety | #Codex

📝 | At any point in the supply chain, contaminated soil, water and air can make food unsafe. 👉 It is also important to observe good hygiene practices when handling food - from the farm to the table. #Codex | #FoodSafety

📙 | The hygienic quality of milk is of crucial importance in producing milk and milk products that are safe and suitable for their intended uses. 👉To achieve this quality, good hygiene practices should be applied throughout the dairy chain. #Codex | #FoodSafety

🥛 Dairy products nourish billions and boost global nutrition. Learn how sustainable practices supported by @FAO are transforming dairy production and enhancing agrifood systems. Find out more 🔗 bit.ly/4kLEPyD

📝 | Hygienic processes and sufficient checks must be put in place to ensure that harmful bacteria are controlled and that food stays safe to eat. 👉Codex provides governments, industries and other actors with the information they need to ensure it. #FoodSafety | #Codex

📙 | Potatoes are packed with nutrients. A single 🥔 with the skin on provides a good amount of Vitamin C, potassium, and even iron & fiber. 👉To protect consumer health & ensure fair practices in the food trade, #Codex adopted a standard for 🥔 ➕ℹ️➡️bit.ly/CodexTexts

📙| Allergens are an ongoing #FoodSafety concern for: 🔸consumers 🔸food business operators 🔸competent authorities 👉Recognizing the need of having a text on how to manage food allergen, Codex adopted a standard for FBO. ➕ℹ️➡️ bit.ly/CodexTexts

💭 Think 💡 Know 🏛️ Govern ⚙️ Implement 💰 Invest 📚 Learn Download @FAO’s latest publication to discover how a #SystemsApproach can drive real transformation in agrifood systems. 👉 doi.org/10.4060/cd6071…

📝 | Foodborne illnesses are usually infectious or toxic in nature and caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances entering the body through contaminated food or water. 👉 Take action to ensure #FoodSafety

📝 | Using science to prioritize and anticipate food safety hazards helps to prevent and control risks of foodborne disease. #FoodSafety | #Codex

📙 | #Codex standards offer a comprehensive 👨‍🌾👩‍🌾 to 🍽️ approach to addressing the burden of disease from foodborne causes. 👉 They help equip all countries with proper information & tools to promote better handling of food and can be used as the basis of government legislation.

📙 | The Codex Alimentarius Commission, jointly established by @FAO and @WHO, sets international food safety and quality standards. 👉 The end goal: ensure safe, good food for everyone, everywhere. ➕ℹ️➡️ bit.ly/AboutCodex #FoodSafety | #Codex

📝 | Good nutrition is our first defense against diseases and our source of energy to live and be active. 👉 Codex provides guidance on the compositional requirements of foods so that they are nutritionally safe. ➕ℹ️➡️ bit.ly/3cywcpK #Codex | #FoodSafety

🤔 | #DYK | Ciguatera poisoning is a foodborne illness that results from the consumption of 🐟🦪contaminated with ciguatoxins. 📙 The "Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of ciguatera poisoning" is an example of how #Codex responds to emerging and evolving issues.

📝 | Food safety is everyone’s business❗️ ➕ℹ️➡️ bit.ly/FAOFoodSafety #FoodSafety | #Codex

📙 | Codex provides the rule book and definitions for food safety and quality in order to help countries safely trade food. 👉Discover a world full of standards ❗️ ➕ℹ️➡️ bit.ly/AboutCodex #FoodSafety | #SafeFood

🤔 | #DYK | The General Principles of Food Hygiene follows the food chain from production to consumer setting out the necessary hygiene conditions for producing food which is safe and suitable for consumption. 🌾✅🐮✅🚚✅🥛✅😋 ➕ℹ️➡️ bit.ly/3Lfmadm #FoodSafety

🤔 | #DYK | Codex guidelines fall into two categories: 🔸principles that set out policy in certain key areas; 🔸guidelines for the interpretation of principles, interpretation and extension of provisions of general standards ➕ℹ️➡️ bit.ly/CodexTexts #FoodSafety | #Codex