Cooperative Agreement to Support Global Food Safety Strategies

Strategies that Support Global Food Safety (U01) Project AbstractThe important roles WHO and Codex play in driving food safety initiatives at global, regional andcountry levels were recognised by the Second International Conference on Nutrition (2014) in itsRome Declaration and Framework for Action. The visibility of WHO action in food safety wasamplified by the World Health Day 2015 dedicated to food safety. In April 2016, the United NationsGeneral Assembly proclaimed a UN Decade of Action on Nutrition from 2016 to 2025, in which foodsafety is an essential element in achieving the 2030 Agenda, where food safety contributes tomultiple sustainable Development Goals.Food safety education programs, such as the FIVE KEYS TO SAFER FOOD, were developed by WHOin collaboration with FDA. The WHO FIVE KEYS TO SAFER FOOD global message and trainingmaterials for consumers in the home and for small-scale producers are now recognized as aninternational source for conducting national food safety education programs. The FIVE KEYS TOSAFER FOOD concept was subsequently expanded and WHO, working together with FDA,developed FIVE KEYS to Growing Safer Fruits and Vegetables and FIVE KEYS to Safer AquacultureProducts.Many of the network "building blocks" to address elements of preventive risk-based approaches tofood safety reside within WHO. For example:• The International Networks of Food Safety Authorities (INFOSAN)• The Global Foodborne Infections Network (GFN)• The Global Environment Monitoring System for Food (GEMS/Food)• JECFA, the Joint FAO/WHO Meetings on Pesticide Residues (JMPR), the Joint FAO/WHO Meetingson Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA), and the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Nutrition(JEMNU) and the Threshold of Toxicological Concern Project.• The management of the Codex Trust Fund.? Development and dissemination of country needs assessment tools for strengthening national food safety systems.? Application of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) technologies and data.? Promoting the use of the WHO Global Foodborne Disease Burden estimates (2015) and assisting foodborne disease burden studies at the country level.• The Five Keys to Safer Food training materials developed to educate food handlers in safe foodhandling practices.