Creating an Enabling Environment to Improve Nutrition through Agriculture and Food Systems - MTF/RAF/487/STF

Creating an Enabling Environment to Improve Nutrition through Agriculture and Food Systems - MTF/RAF/487/STF

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FAO ;

Descripción

Little is known about the chemical contamination of food in sub-Saharan Africa. In countries in this region, except for a few exported products, foods are not regularly monitored for toxic chemicals, and no country has an operational monitoring programme for chemicals in food. In the absence of risk assessment, countries in sub-Saharan Africa are vulnerable in terms of food commodities market access on the regional and global scale, as well as in terms of health for their populations, which are increasingly involved in sub-regional transactions. The project aimed to contribute to strengthening the capacity of risk managers to implement international standards in four countries (Benin, Cameroon, Mali and Nigeria), based on good knowledge of hazards, risks and exposure levels to harmful substances in commonly produced and consumed food