Table 1.
Emerging issues survey results from the FAO/WHO Regional Coordinating Committee 2019
| Regional committee | Emerging issues |
|---|---|
| CCAFRICA(a) | Antimicrobial resistance |
| Pesticides residues | |
| Weakness of food control systems/legal framework | |
| Food fraud | |
| Contamination of water used for food production and processing | |
| Consumer awareness | |
| Aflatoxins | |
| Climate change | |
| Others (risk analysis, biotechnology food/biofortification, heavy metal contamination of food, use of growth hormones, food waste, illegal animal slaughtering, food safety tool kits, budget allocation for food safety control, genetically modified organisms (GMO), marine biotoxins, street foods) | |
| CCASIA(b) | Pesticide residues |
| Veterinary drug residues and anti-microbial resistance (AMR) | |
| Risk-based control of imported food | |
| National food safety regulatory authorities | |
| Food standards bodies | |
| Climate change | |
| Food fraud and authenticity | |
| Food safety reporting in the media | |
| Online sale of food | |
| Novel foods | |
| CCEURO(c) | Food fraud |
| Antimicrobial resistance | |
| Contaminants and food additives | |
| New technologies/scientific progress | |
| Climate change and related issues | |
| Limited resources to manage food safety risks | |
| Noncommunicable diseases | |
| Legislation and implementation | |
| New distribution channels | |
| Problems of food safety management along the food chain | |
| CCLAC(d) | Antimicrobial resistance |
| Novel technologies | |
| Climate change | |
| Food control management | |
| Information education and training | |
| Inspection services | |
| Food law and regulations | |
| Laboratory services: food monitoring and epidemiological data | |
| CCNASWP(e) | Limited support to manage food regulatory systems |
| Climate change | |
| Innovative food technologies | |
| Noncommunicable diseases | |
| Limited national codex committee | |
| Risk communication | |
| Increased foodborne disease transmission | |
| Pesticide residues on food crops (MRLs) | |
| Antimicrobial resistance | |
| Veterinary drugs residues (MRLs) | |
| Human and environmental health risk from foreign food waste | |
| CCNE(f) | Chemical food contamination |
| Weakness of food control systems/legal framework | |
| Antimicrobial resistance | |
| Management of innovation/novel food | |
| Food fraud | |
| Others (general standards for food additives, climate change, regulation of food contact materials (FCM), rapid alert system for food safety, new distribution channels, e.g., internet food trade, spreading of food rumors, artificial intelligence, genetically modified organisms (GMO), food commodity standards) |
(a) Codex Alimentarius (Codex). Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Africa, 23rd session, Agenda Item 3.1. Kenya (2019c)
(b) Codex Alimentarius (Codex). Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Asia, 21st session, Agenda Item 3.1. India (2019b)
(c) Codex Alimentarius (Codex). Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Europe, 31st session. Agenda Item 3.1. Kazakhstan (2019d)
(d) Codex Alimentarius (Codex). Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean, 21st session. Agenda Item 3.1. Chile (2019e)
(e) Codex Alimentarius (Codex). Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for North America and the South West Pacific, 15th session. Agenda Item 3.1. Vanuatu (2019f)
(f) Codex Alimentarius (Codex). Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for the Near East, 10th session. Agenda Item 3.1. Italy (2019 g)