Food safety policy issues for developing countries

Food safety issues have attracted international attention because they play an increasingly important role in determining whether developing countries have access to export markets. At the same time, food suppliers in developing countries face the challenge of improving food safety for their growing...

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Main Authors: Unnevehr, Laurian J., Haddad, Lawrence, Delgado, Christopher L.
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2003
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1736
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author Unnevehr, Laurian J.
Haddad, Lawrence
Delgado, Christopher L.
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description Food safety issues have attracted international attention because they play an increasingly important role in determining whether developing countries have access to export markets. At the same time, food suppliers in developing countries face the challenge of improving food safety for their growing urban middle classes, and the large burden of disease that poor food safety generates in developing countries is more widely appreciated. Because developing countries produce and consume more perishable foods than before, such as meat, milk, fish, and eggs, food safety has become especially important to domestic consumers and in trade among developing countries.... Food safety is no longer simply a public health issue. It is also a market development issue. The focus on food safety in international trade and in trade agreements has also made it a trade issue for many countries—developed and developing alike.
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spelling CGSpace17362025-11-06T03:43:00Z Food safety policy issues for developing countries Unnevehr, Laurian J. Haddad, Lawrence Delgado, Christopher L. policies food safety developing countries food security public health research international trade regulations exports quality Food safety issues have attracted international attention because they play an increasingly important role in determining whether developing countries have access to export markets. At the same time, food suppliers in developing countries face the challenge of improving food safety for their growing urban middle classes, and the large burden of disease that poor food safety generates in developing countries is more widely appreciated. Because developing countries produce and consume more perishable foods than before, such as meat, milk, fish, and eggs, food safety has become especially important to domestic consumers and in trade among developing countries.... Food safety is no longer simply a public health issue. It is also a market development issue. The focus on food safety in international trade and in trade agreements has also made it a trade issue for many countries—developed and developing alike. 2003-09 2010-05-28T11:55:24Z 2010-05-28T11:55:24Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1736 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Unnevehr, Laurian J.; Haddad, Lawrence James; Delgado, Christopher L. 2003. Food safety policy issues for developing countries: food safety in food security and food trade. 2020 Vision Focus Brief. 10(17). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1736
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food safety
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food security
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regulations
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Haddad, Lawrence
Delgado, Christopher L.
Food safety policy issues for developing countries
title Food safety policy issues for developing countries
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food safety
developing countries
food security
public health
research
international trade
regulations
exports
quality
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