Mexico and the United States consolidate Alliance for Food Safety

Published 2021년 8월 23일

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The articles highlights a partnership between the Mexican Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development and Health, and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), aimed at reducing food contamination risks. The collaboration includes implementing science-based preventive measures, providing training to producers, harmonizing laboratory tests, and promoting good practices. The partnership, established to ensure food safety for consumers, is especially important due to the significant food trade volume between Mexico and the US. The article also mentions the successful implementation of safety plans for Salmonella in papayas and Cyclospora in coriander, and a proposal to include Antimicrobial Resistance in the alliance's focus. The partnership addresses four strategic priorities: preventing foodborne illness, improving outbreak response coordination, harmonizing official laboratories' tasks, and training the industry in food safety.

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AGRICULTURE PRESS RELEASE (SADER). The Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development and of Health reaffirmed their commitment to work with the Food and Drug Administration of the United States to reduce the risks of physical, chemical and microbiological contamination in food production. They implement science-based preventive actions, provide training to producers and technicians, harmonize laboratory tests, and promote good practices in production units to quickly prevent and address outbreaks of foodborne diseases. During the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Alliance for Food Safety, the health agencies of Mexico and the United States reaffirmed their commitment to work to strengthen binational collaboration aimed at procuring safe food for consumers in both countries. The heads of the National Agrifood Health, Safety and Quality Service (Senasica), Francisco Javier Trujillo Arriaga, of the Federal Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris), Alejandro Svarch ...

Source: Inforural