Food Safety's Rightful Place

 As welcome as the UN Food Safety System has been, one metric was glaringly left on the sidelines—food safety, the ultimate measure of the success of an equitable, international (and national) food system.

Food Waste vs. Food Security

Tomorrow is Awareness of Food Loss and Waste Day. GFSF focuses on cost-effective technologies, like Chowberry app for Nigerian consumers in supermarkets.  Every day for GFSF is connecting the dots between food loss and food security.

Ag Innovation Mission for Climate

We welcome the upcoming initiative -Agricultural Innovation Mission for Climate- to be announced at the UN Food Systems Summit on Thursday.  It spotlights the need for global ag innovation and new technology R&D for climate change mitigation & adaptation—farming for our future!  

Whole Genome Sequencing

We commend APEC for hosting an outstanding workshop on WGS (whole genome sequencing). Excellent presentations and messaging on trade and regulatory capacity building.  The science is there; the scientists are, too.  The big hurdle remains international private/public sector collaboration.

 

Stop Food Borne Illness

 

Have a look at Bill Marler’s tweet/ Stop Food Borne Illness recommendations to modernize US food recall system.

 

National Food Safety Education Month

 

September is National Food Safety Education Month.  48 million cases of foodborne illness are reported annually – that’s about 1 in 6 Americans each year. CDC & FDA postings offer advice for consumers, but without full supply chain compliance, home kitchens are a weak defense.