strategy
Identifying national requirements for standards for food chemicals
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends increasing efforts to identify national needs for standard setting and implementation in the context of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius in order to minimize adverse effects of chemicals in food. The Codex Alimentarius Commission recommends acceptable daily intakes in food and maximum residue levels in crops. The recommendations serve as guidelines for many countries in their regulatory work on food safety. Broader:
Regulating food standardsStrengthening national food controlEstablishing chemical risk reduction programmesPromoting coordination of food standards activities Narrower:
Testing food contamination Constrains:
Using food additives Facilitates:
Reducing chemical residues in foodEstablishing priorities for national environmental health action plansPreserving perishable food stuffs Facilitated by:
Creating environmental health standards Organizations:
Codex Alimentarius Commission Subjects:
Fundamental Sciences → ChemicalsAmenities → Living conditions
Amenities → Food
Research, Standards → Standards
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
