FAO/WHO first world forum on food safety in Marrakesh in january

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) organize next January 28-30 in Marrakesh a world forum on food safety, the two organizations said in a press release here.

The forum, the first of the kind, will be attended by officials in charge of regulating the safety of foodstuffs. The forum, which is meant to encourage public consultations on the basis of scientific data and to consolidate food safety, especially in developing countries, will discuss issues having an impact on public health, and the international trade of foodstuffs.

The forum will be attended by delegates of several international organizations and ministries of agriculture and health of the member countries of the FAO and the WHO. Delegates of ngos, food producers, food industries, tradesmen and retailers' associations, and consumers' associations will also attend the forum.