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FAO
Strategic Priorities
for Food Safety
within the FAO
Strategic Framework
2022–2031
FAO
for Food Safety
within the FAO
Strategic Framework
2022–2031
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Rome, 2023
This document presents the FAO Strategic Priorities for Food Safety within the FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031
as endorsed by the FAO Council at its 171st session in December 2022.
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Contents
Foreword........................................................................................................................ v
Executive summary.......................................................................................................vii
I. Introduction.............................................................................................................. 1
II. Mission, vision and strategic outcomes.................................................................... 7
STRATEGIC OUTCOME 1:
Intergovernmental and intersectoral coordination of
food safety governance is reinforced at all levels.............................................................. 11
Sound scientific advice and evidence are provided as
the foundation for food safety decision-making................................................................ 15
National food control systems are further strengthened and
are continuously improved................................................................................................... 19
Public and private stakeholder collaboration is promoted to ensure
food safety management and controls throughout agrifood systems............................. 23
III. Implementation and monitoring.............................................................................. 27
Delivery of the FAO Strategic Priorities for Food Safety within the
FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031.................................................................................... 27
Investments for delivering the strategic priorities.................................................................. 30
Monitoring of and reporting on the implementation of the FAO Strategic

Priorities for Food Safety within the FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031........................ 31
References................................................................................................................... 33
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Foreword
Safe food is vital to achieve food security FAO will continue to work with countries
and healthy diets. This is a widely in assessing national food control
accepted principle in the international systems to strategically plan and invest
community. Unsafe food can cause for progress and by introducing new tools
illnesses, sometimes leading to death, necessary to provide insights into effective
and has significant implications on food safety management and decision
socio-economic indicators. Securing food making.
safety is essential in advancing health,
The strategic priorities are instrumental
livelihoods, trade, economic growth, and
for the implementation of the Programme
overall prosperity.
Priority Areas (PPAs) within the FAO’s
FAO has elaborated the FAO Strategic Strategic Framework 2022–2031, and,
Priorities for Food Safety within the more specifically, “Safe food for everyone”
FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031 (BN3), “Transparent markets and trade”
at the request of its Governing Bodies. (BN5), “One Health” (BP3) and support
The Strategic Priorities presented in many other PPAs, encouraging a more
this publication were endorsed by the consistent integration of food safety into
FAO Council in December 2022 and the development of efficient, inclusive,
describe how FAO’s work on food safety resilient and sustainable agrifood
will contribute to the 2030 Agenda in systems. Through these priorities FAO’s
alignment with FAO’s Strategic Framework work in food safety will directly contribute
2022–2031. to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) including SDG 1 “No poverty”,
The FAO Strategic Priorities for Food Safety
2 “Zero hunger”, 3 “Good health and
2022–2031 will leverage FAO’s convening
well-being” and support SDGs 6 (“Clean
power to foster trust, collaboration, and
water and sanitation”), 8 (“Decent work
results that are in the spirit of the agrifood
and economic growth”), 12 (“Responsible
systems that Member adhere to. FAO’s
consumption and production”), 13
food safety priorities lie in four main
(“Climate action”) and 17 (“Partnerships
strategic areas: strong multi-stakeholder
for the goals”).
governance for food safety, strong
science to support food safety decisions, I am pleased to share the FAO Strategic
strong national food control systems Priorities for Food Safety within the FAO
and strong public–private cooperation Strategic Framework 2022–2031 with
for food safety. To address current and the FAO membership, as well as with all
emerging food safety issues, FAO will our partners, as it will provide a guiding
support its Members and other regional framework for our collaborative efforts to
and global actors in their efforts to achieve safe food for all people at all times.
improve participation in global standard
making process, use of data, evidence, Máximo Torero Cullen
scientific advice as a sound basis for food Chief Economist
safety risk management, as well as risk Food and Agriculture Organization of
assessment and risk communication. the United Nations (FAO)
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Executive summary
This document sets out the FAO Strategic Standards Programme (Codex
Priorities for Food Safety within the FAO Alimentarius), provide scientific advice,
Strategic Framework 2022–2031, which strengthen the capacities of FAO Members
was refined based on comments and for a better participation in standard-
guidance received from the 28th Session setting processes of Codex Alimentarius,
of the Committee on Agriculture (COAG). and reinforce their national food control
systems. During the development of the
In developing the FAO Strategic
FAO Strategic Priorities for Food Safety
Framework 2022–2031, the Organization
within the FAO Strategic Framework
outlined Programme Priority Areas (PPAs),
2022–2031 and the WHO Global Food
a number of which are centred around or
Safety Strategy, FAO and WHO maintained
include important food safety activities
a standing and rigorous information
(in particular, but not limited to, PPA
sharing and discussion mechanism. Both
better nutrition “Safe food for everyone”
organizations have committed to plan
[BN3], PPA better nutrition “Transparent
the development of a joint framework
markets and trade” [BN5], and PPA better
for implementation, following the
production “One Health” [BP3]). Further
endorsement of the respective strategic
to the World Health Assembly (WHA)
directions.
resolution 73.5 to strengthen efforts on
food safety *, FAO collaborated with the FAO expects the Strategic Priorities for
World Health Organization (WHO) to Food Safety to act as an instrument that
ensure that the respective food safety will spur investments and secure adequate
strategies are aligned and mutually human and financial resources for FAO
supportive. to successfully implement its food safety
programme and to provide international
The Strategic Priorities for Food Safety
guidance, policy and advocacy for
are articulated around four Strategic
policymakers. These Strategic Priorities
Outcomes that result from an iterative
encourage a more consistent integration
consultative process led by FAO with
of food safety in the development of
its Members and international partner
sustainable and inclusive agrifood
organizations, including, notably WHO.
systems, food security and nutrition
FAO and WHO have been working for
policies, and agriculture development
many decades through a longstanding
strategies.
partnership to implement the Food
* WHO (World Health Organization). 2020. Seventy-Third World Health Assembly: Geneva, 18–19 May (de minimis) and 9–14
November (resumed) 2020: resolutions and decisions, annexes. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/345951
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I
Introduction
At the 2020 World Food Safety Day, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu stated that “food
security and food safety are basic rights of human beings" (FAO, 2020a). The United
Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) seek to further the global goals of ending hunger, achieving food security
and providing healthy food to all by addressing the need to significantly transform
agrifood systems1 towards greater sustainability and resilience (UN, 2015).
Food safety is defined as “the assurance that food will not cause harm to the consumer
when it is prepared and/or eaten according to its intended use” (CAC, 1969). Unsafe
food impinges on the progressive realization to the right to adequate food in the context
of national food security and undercuts efforts to guarantee health and wellbeing. Safe
food is also a prerequisite for achieving healthy diets, increasing market access and
economic development, as well as overall food security, defined as “access to sufficient,
safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life” for all.
When and where food is not safe, transformation of agrifood systems to meet the SDGs
will not be feasible, and many SDGs will remain out of reach, including eliminating hunger
(SDG2) and achieving health and wellbeing (SDG3). Unsafe food causes an estimated
600 million cases of food-borne diseases (FBDs) every year, as well as 420 000 annual
deaths. Children under the age of five account for 143 000 of those fatalities (WHO, 2015).
Human illnesses due to unsafe food are estimated to cause yearly productivity losses
equating to USD 95 billion for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (Jaffee
et al., 2019).
1 Agrifood system: “The agrifood system covers the journey of food from farm to table: when it is grown, fished, harvested,
processed, packaged, transported, distributed, traded, bought, prepared, eaten, and disposed of. The agrifood system also
includes the livelihoods of the people who work in the system as well as the activities, investments and choices that play a part
in producing food and agricultural products. In the FAO Constitution, the term “agriculture” and its derivatives include fisheries,
marine products, forestry and primary forestry products”. From: 166th FAO Council Report (CL 166/REP, http://www.fao.org/3/
nf693en/nf693en.pdf)
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Beyond the risks that they present to public health, food safety incidents also threaten to
reduce consumer confidence not only in specific foods, which can result in unnecessary
waste, contributing to significant additional greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but also
in the food safety authorities responsible for creating and enforcing food safety rules.
The Strategic Priorities have been developed to ensure that food is safe to eat, whoever
and wherever a person may be. They seek to promote inclusive agrifood system policies
and programmes built on the foundational knowledge that the nutritional, cultural and
psychological benefits of food can only be enjoyed when food is safe. Food safety is simply
a conditio sine qua non for the fulfilment of FAO’s mandate to achieve comprehensive
food security.
The FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031 for agrifood systems transformation explicitly
lists “Safe food for everyone” (BN3) as one of the Programme Priority Areas (PPAs).
Reflecting the foundational nature of food safety, the need for food to be safe underlines
the work in numerous PPAs, and most notably in “One Health” (BP3), and “Transparent
markets and trade” (BN5) (see Figure 1). The current Strategic Priorities reflect the
intersectoral nature of food safety and mark an effort both to capture and to integrate
food safety across all sectors of the agrifood system. In light of this, greater emphasis
should be placed on the enhancement of food safety capacities of publicprivate actors
at normative level, including science and innovation, and value chain actors – women
and men involved at operational level – and on raising greater awareness along the
food chain.
The Strategic Priorities stem from FAO’s important achievements in food safety, including
those undertaken within the 2014 FAO Food Safety Strategy, and made possible thanks
to its collaboration with partners.
The Strategic Priorities focus on building stronger and more coordinated global, national
and regional food safety and quality governance. A more solid scientific evidence base
for stronger decision-making is also key, as are legal and institutional frameworks
supporting effective and up-to-date national food control mechanisms. Coordination
across all actors, including women and men primary producers and the informal sector
of the agrifood system, will manage more effectively safety risks at all stages of the
food production process.
The Strategic Priorities are based on an agrifood systems approach, in which food
safety takes on a central role in the development of MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient
and sustainable agrifood systems. Food safety practices, together with the provision
of infrastructure and resources, must be introduced early in the process to improve
resource efficiency and to reduce waste and environmental contamination by operators
along the food chain.
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Figure 1
FAO Strategic Priorities for Food Safety, within the FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031, in support of SDGs
The 2030 Agenda

FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031
for agrifood systems transformation for the 4 betters and SDGs
BETTER BETTER BETTER BETTER

PRODUCTION NUTRITION ENVIRONMENT LIFE
Programme Priority Areas (PPAs)
Innovation for Healthy diets Climate change Gender equality and rural
sustainable agriculture for all mitigating women’s empowerment
production and adapted
Nutrition for the agrifood systems Inclusive
Blue transformation most vulnerable rural transformation
Bioeconomy for
ONE HEALTH SAFE FOOD FOR sustainable food and Agriculture and
EVERYONE agriculture food emergencies
Small-scale producers’
Biodiversity and Resilient
equitable access Reducing food loss
ecosystem services for agrifood systems
to resources and waste
food and agriculture Hand-in-Hand (HIH)
Digital agriculture TRANSPARENT
Achieving sustainable Initiative
MARKETS AND urban food systems Scaling up investment
TRADE
FAO Strategic Priorities for Food Safety

within the FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031
OUR VISION: Safe food for all people at all times
OUR MISSION: To support Members in continuing to improve food safety at all
levels by providing scientific advice and strengthening their food safety capacities for
efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION DATA COMPLEMENTS (governance, human capital and institutions)
G E N D E R I N C L U S I O N Y O U T H
STRATEGIC OUTCOME 1 STRATEGIC OUTCOME 2

Intergovernmental and Sound scientific advice and evidence
multi-stakeholder engagement in are provided as the foundation for
intersectoral coordination of food safety food safety decision-making
governance is reinforced at all levels

Public and private stakeholder National food control systems
collaboration is promoted to ensure are further strengthened and are
food safety management and controls continuously improved
throughout agrifood systems
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The Strategic Priorities connect FAO’s normative and programmatic work. The normative
work includes the provision of scientific advice in support to the Codex Alimentarius
standard setting process, and developing food safety guidance materials for FAO
Members. The programmatic work supports initiatives by FAO Members to strengthen
official food control systems and food safety and quality management along the food
chain, as well as enhancing intersectoral coordination.
The Strategic Priorities support the transformation of the agrifood systems to meet
the challenge of making safe and diverse food accessible to a global population of
ten billion people, 70 percent of whom are expected to be living in cities by 2050 (FAO,
2019a). This will require foresight and food safety assessment of new developments
in agriculture and food production. The sooner we recognize and address the potential
impacts of global trends and developments on food safety, the more likely countries will
be able to prepare for and manage food safety risks and challenges. For continued and
improved compliance with food safety and quality requirements for international food
trade, the Strategic Priorities call for enhancing knowledge and capacities and investing
in infrastructure across the board. A systems thinking approach that considers all the
interconnected parts, and how they influence each other, can help to identify how best
to target these enhancements and investments. A failure to invest may limit market
access and income generation.
The Strategic Priorities take into account the potential impact that food safety regulations
can have on the more vulnerable actors in the agrifood system, including small scale
producers, rural poor and marginalized actors such as women, youth and Indigenous
Peoples. Along with its partners, FAO will continue to provide tailored support for food
safety awareness of consumers and capacity development for market access by food
business operators, ensuring that efforts to modernize the agrifood system do not
exclude segments of the population or contribute to growing inequality.
FAO, with its broad network of partnerships, and its expertise in agriculture and the
conversion of agricultural products into food, is well positioned to support its Members
and relevant stakeholders in addressing current and future food safety challenges. Its
technical expertise spans the entire agrifood system, from the production of crops to
animal feed, livestock, fisheries, aquaculture and forest products, and the processing,
storage, packaging, transportation, preparation and disposal activities associated with
their consumption. The scope of its objectives is broad, including food security, food
safety and quality, and nutrition.
FAO’s competence in food and agriculture places it in a unique position to provide the
support that its stakeholders need in the food safety area, whether that be policy, legal
or governance matters, or operational management and capacity development issues.
Its expertise and experience covers the whole food chain; as a key knowledge building
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and knowledge sharing organization, FAO provides neutral dialogue and action platforms
for all stakeholders.
FAO has developed tools and platforms to strengthen Members’ food control systems
and has provided targeted support to Members on production and economic aspects as
well as social, gender and environmental considerations of food. This support includes
tools to target specific value chain actors to ensure inclusiveness and gender equality.
With offices across the globe, FAO has a vast network that connects global institutions
and other actors to local stakeholders.
FAO also manages long-standing relationships with governments and other stakeholders
on food safety matters. In its decades working in the area of food safety, the Organization
has fostered knowledge and collaboration, and partnered with a wide array of actors.
A major international partner in these endeavours has been WHO, with whom FAO has
worked to establish and provide scientific advice, to support Members’ participation in
Codex Alimentarius for developing international food safety guidance and standards,
and to help Members strengthen their national food control systems. Both organizations
bring their own unique perspective and skillset to the process based on their mandates.
A standing information sharing and discussion mechanism was set up with WHO,
to ensure that the Strategic Priorities for Food Safety and the WHO Global Strategy
for Food Safety 2022-2030 are aligned, mutually supportive and complementary. The
two organizations have committed to plan the development of a joint framework for
implementation following the endorsement of the respective strategic directions with
special attention to ensure suitable synergies are created with the UN reform process
and by leveraging the roles of UN Resident Coordinators.
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II
Mission, vision and
strategic outcomes
The Strategic Priorities for Food Safety reflects FAO’s work and expertise and
stems from an articulated vision and mission as described below.
Vision
Safe food for all people at all times.
Mission
To support Members in continuing to improve food safety at all levels by providing
scientific advice and strengthening their food safety capacities for more efficient,
inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems.
This section describes how the Strategic Priorities are organized into four Strategic
Outcomes, and illustrates the considerations and foundational narratives that led to
their development and to the articulation of the respective Strategic Actions.
The four Strategic Outcomes of the Strategic Priorities for Food Safety are:
STRATEGIC OUTCOME 1 – Intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder engagement

in intersectoral coordination of food safety governance is reinforced at all levels;
STRATEGIC OUTCOME 2 – Sound scientific advice and evidence are provided as

the foundation for food safety decision-making;
STRATEGIC OUTCOME 3 – National food control systems are further strengthened

and are continuously improved;
STRATEGIC OUTCOME 4 – Public and private stakeholder collaboration is promoted

to ensure food safety management and controls throughout agrifood systems.
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Note: the order in which the Strategic Outcomes appear is by no means reflective of any
ranking. They are interconnected and interdependent, thus equally necessary to achieve
the vision and mission (see Figure 2).
Figure 2
The four Strategic Outcomes supporting the FAO Strategic Priorities for Food Safety within the
FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031

Inter-governmental and Sound scientific advice
multi-stakeholder engagement and evidence are
in inter-sectoral coordination provided as the foundation
of food safety governance is for food safety
reinforced at all levels decision-making
FAO
for Food Safety
within the FAO
Strategic Framework
2022–2031

Public and private National food control
stakeholder collaboration systems
is promoted to ensure food are further strengthened
safety management and controls and are continuously
throughout agrifood systems improved
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Several novel elements are included in the Outcomes:
> Aligning the priorities to the FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031 and Members’
ambition for food safety support in the context of achieving agrifood systems that
are MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable.
> Adopting a One Health approach, whereby multiple sectors work together to tackle
health threats, to support food safety developments and to include food safety
considerations when making decisions related to food security and sustainability.
> Providing food safety support at all levels, from global to national and local levels,
and advocating for better intersectoral coordination and integrated multisectoral
approaches to securing food safety.
> Contributing to the establishment of innovative and broader partnerships between

FAO and public and private entities, to better leverage and mobilize the available
expertise and resources needed to achieve these Outcomes.
> Pursuing new approaches to better assist specific food business operators and
stakeholders in LMICs, such as women and men smallholder farmers, family farmers,
young farmers and entrepreneurs, micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises
(MSMEs), which lack adequate resources and capacities to meet food safety
requirements for public health and market access.
> Expanding the breadth and depth of foresight to proactively identify emerging issues
that might pose food safety risks or offer opportunities, to allow for timely decision-
making.
> Strengthening assistance to FAO Members concerning food safety data generation
and information management, including providing tools for data sharing and analysis.
> Supporting FAO Members in fostering inclusion in policy design and implementation
to ensure food safety efforts benefit women, youth, rural poor, small-scale producers,
Indigenous Peoples, and other excluded groups by addressing their specific
vulnerabilities and constraints in adopting new measures, accessing new policies
or adopting new technologies that contribute to food safety.
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Intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder
engagement in intersectoral coordination of
food safety governance is reinforced
at all levels
As FAO Members work to transform agrifood systems, it is important that food safety
remains a priority and its principles and objectives are integrated across the whole food
chain. Food safety principles and standards should be respected when making operational,
governance, and financial decisions at national, regional and international levels.
FAO plays a crucial role in this endeavour by providing tailored support to Members and
other stakeholders related to guidance and technical support on various aspects of food
safety, including normative, governance, science, and policy matters.
A prominent element is the FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, which, through the
Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC, 2022), develops evidence-, science- and risk-
based food standards. These standards and texts provide guidance to stakeholders and
Members meant to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in food
trade. FAO and WHO provide the scientific basis for the deliberation of the Commission
through the joint FAO/WHO Scientific Advice Programme, typically in the form of expert
meeting reports, guidance documents and tools.
As one of the three international standard-setting organizations in the World Trade

Organization (WTO) Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
(SPS), along with the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) and the International
Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) governing body, the Commission on Phytosanitary
Measures (CPM), the Codex Alimentarius Commission plays an important role in the
context of international food trade. Its guidance is used as a reference to establish
national standards, to minimize the regulatory burdens in cross-border trade, and to
promote global harmonization.
FAO will continue providing support and actively contributing to intergovernmental and
multi-stakeholder engagement in intersectoral coordination of food safety governance.
It will enhance its work with the SPS standard-setting organizations, as well as the One
Health High Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) and other organizations advocating for One
Health approaches.
The goal of fostering food safety governance and applying food safety norms globally and
at all subsidiary levels can only be achieved with FAO Members’ support and engagement
in the process. This is especially true when the overall goal is improving public health and
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trade and in the context of an evolving agrifood system. FAO will continue to encourage
S T R AT E G I C O U T C O M E 1
and support Members and stakeholders to actively participate in the global food safety
governance discussions and activities.
The Strategic Actions (A1) to achieve Strategic Outcome 1 are:
A1.1 To continue supporting collaboration between the Codex Alimentarius Commission

and its Secretariat to advance the food safety standards-setting process.
Encouraging greater participation of FAO Members, especially developing countries

and those in economic transition, and stakeholders in the Codex work will be key
in achieving this goal. FAO will continue to reach out to diverse stakeholders and
broaden the support towards international standards development. It will consider
new ways of working, including virtual tools for communication, information sharing,
collaborations and meetings. It will continue advocating for support to the Codex
Trust Fund and for the use of Codex standards as the basis for harmonizing and
developing national regulatory frameworks.
A1.2 To promote greater coordination and dialogue in line with the One Health approach
and One Health Action Plan.
FAO will facilitate dialogues and activities taking into account the mandates,
responsibilities and accountabilities of each stakeholder, including regional and
international organizations. It will promote cooperation across multiple sectors,
including food safety, public health, agriculture, animal and plant health, economy,
education, trade, environment, and general food law at all relevant national and
international levels and in synergy with the One Health Action Plan (FAO et al., 2022).
Specific initiatives will include coordinating activities and establishing technical
multistakeholder networks around current and emerging food safety issues. FAO
will encourage Members to continue to establish food safety standards, taking
into close consideration the uptake capacities of all stakeholders (including for
example, smallholders, women and men, and MSMEs), thus enhancing food
safety governance. The Organization will further provide integrated and coherent
assistance to countries in regulating and monitoring the use of antimicrobials and
in preventing and minimizing the development and further spread of antimicrobial
resistance (AMR) within the agrifood system, to humans and in the environment,
and limit its effect on the safety and integrity of the food chain. These actions
will be carried out according to the FAO Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance
2021-2025 (FAO, 2021a), which was developed further to Conference Resolution
4/2015 on AMR (FAO, 2015), to combat antimicrobial resistance globally.
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A1.3 To foster communication on food safety and risks.
This will entail support to policy makers and other relevant stakeholders to better
convey the impact of food safety on society, specifically on health and livelihoods,
leveraging, as appropriate, the One Health Action Plan.
Events such as the World Food Safety Day can help raise awareness on how food
safety underpins food security and trade, and how it influences the economy and
private industries. FAO will continue to increase awareness and advocacy, including
among private sector actors such as MSMEs, farmers’ and producers’ associations,
consumers and consumer organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
and civil society organizations. This will also help to secure investments towards
improved food safety, including through capacity development, infrastructure,
data management, and partnerships. In addition, FAO will continue to produce
guidance and support to Members on risk communication matters.
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Sound scientific advice and evidence are
provided as the foundation for food safety
decision-making
Over the last several decades, the FAO/WHO Scientific Advice programme for food
safety has been the authoritative global point of reference for evidence-based scientific
information on food safety. By gathering a wide range of expert advice, resources and
tools, it has established principles and methods to assess various types of hazards.
This programme has supported Codex and FAO Members in informing their food safety
related decisions.
To enable the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, it is essential that the
programme continues to provide timely and sound advice through its standing expert
panels which include the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA),
the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA),
and the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR), as well as ad hoc
expert meetings.
Food safety science and food-related technologies are constantly evolving and new
food safety issues continue to emerge. FAO takes into account the potential impacts of
ongoing changes and trends in agrifood systems with implications for food safety. It also
uses forward-looking approaches such as foresight and horizon scanning to proactively
identify emerging issues and to assess their food safety implications. These approaches
can help to evaluate trends and drivers, as well as issues of regulatory significance,
and quickly alert decision-makers and policymakers so they can make informed and
appropriate decisions. In this regard, for FAO to continue to provide cutting-edge and
useful information in support of Members’ and Codex’s time-sensitive decisions, it
must continue to update and revise the methods and approaches underpinning risk
assessment and risk-based advice.
Across various science areas, the ability and practice of assessing both risks as well as
benefits continues to deserve attention. For this to happen, good data on food safety
need to be in place. This is especially true as managing and making decisions on food
safety issues increasingly involve ensuring due consideration of food safety within
specific food security contexts and factors related to the sustainability and resilience
of agrifood systems. This raises the importance of producing sexdisaggregated data
when pertinent for understanding and addressing gender and social inequalities as
underlying causes of value chain inefficiencies and that may constrain the uptake of
food safety measures.
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FAO must continue to support Members in generating, interpreting and maintaining their
own good quality data according to a set of standard approaches and processes. It can
also provide relevant alternative data where country data may be missing. Attaining good
data must also result from coordinated activity between FAO Members, stakeholders
and partners. Furthermore, making the results of the analysis of data accessible within
a secure and protected framework is important as it benefits both Members and the
international food safety community, and allows for more efficient decision-making
processes, both regionally and internationally.
Gathering trustworthy and solid information on food safety risks and communicating
that information in a timely manner to the relevant authorities is key for advancing
food safety goals. However, so is clear messaging that avoids ambiguity and potential
misinterpretation. It is important to continue to harness capacities and tools to
achieve effective risk communication on food safety matters and to readily counteract
miscommunication.
The Strategic (A2) Actions to achieve Strategic Outcome 2 are:
A2.1 To maintain and improve the leading-edge scientific advice provided by the joint
FAO/WHO food safety expert panels, mainly JECFA, JEMRA, and JMPR.
This will ensure that the FAO/WHO Food Safety Scientific Advice programme will
continue to be a key global point of reference for the development of national
and international standards, as well as for risk management and other decision-
making processes on current and emerging food safety issues.
A2.2 To continuously improve, tailor, and update the science-, evidence- and risk-based
approaches, as well as the methodologies and skills to provide authoritative
scientific advice to Codex, FAO Members and other UN agencies.
This concerns various types of food safety hazards, including chemical,

microbiological, and physical hazards, as well as associated risk assessment
capacities. There are a number of examples of approaches that are becoming
increasingly relevant in these areas. For example, in chemical risk assessments, non-
animal testing-based approaches and combined exposure to multiple chemicals are
some of the areas that are being increasingly explored. A further example, regarding
microbiological risk assessments, is the modelling of data generated by gene-
based technologies and big-data approaches that are under rapid development.
A2.3 To foster an understanding and appreciation of the importance of scientific

advice and guidance on food safety matters among FAO Members and food
safety stakeholders.
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Raising awareness among Members and relevant stakeholders on the importance

of sharing data and information, for others to conduct good risk assessments, is
key in this endeavour. In this context, FAO will engage new experts in FAO/WHO
panels to better analyse food safety data, for instance from across the relevant
One Health science areas, and to gain a better understanding of current and future
food safety risks.
A2.4 To better identify emerging food safety issues associated with new trends and
drivers, by applying foresight and horizon scanning approaches, and to combine
these with appropriate science- and evidence-based risk assessments to enable
more informed decisions and more effective policies.
A2.5 To maintain and refine the key international food safety databases – like those
of JECFA – that contain global information and advice, and platforms such as
the FAO GM Foods Platform (FAO, 2022a). These will help to coordinate and
disseminate data and information across FAO Members.
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National food control systems are further
strengthened and are continuously improved
National food control systems have the dual objective of protecting the health of
consumers and enabling fair practices in food trade, both domestically and internationally.
To remain relevant in the dynamic and multifaceted context of food safety, national food
control systems should develop situational awareness, and be proactive and flexible
enough to change and improve over time (CAC, 2013).
To avoid mainly relying on reactive responses to food safety incidents, it is essential for
FAO Members to build the capacity to recognize potential hazards ahead of time, and to
assess and manage the associated risks, thus building national food control systems
built on anticipation, prevention and mitigation.
There are a number of other areas in existing national food control systems that could
benefit from additional support from FAO. Communication and coordination among
different competent authorities involved in food control must be strengthened. Legal
and regulatory frameworks need to be updated and consolidated, and more resources
must be mobilized to implement basic functions such as inspection and enforcement.
Overall, these systems lack stable and predictable funding to update the skills of their
staff, to build robust programmes, to sustain operational costs, and to invest in essential
analytical instruments. More efforts need to be made to build capacities to plan, monitor,
evaluate and further strengthen food control programmes in a way that can create
a continuous cycle of improvement. In addition, greater investment in capacity and
resources are necessary for FAO Members to use the risk analysis paradigm to guide
food control programmes. This is crucial especially in contexts where resources are
limited to begin with.
The Codex Alimentarius standards, guidance and other resources, which were
developed following the latest science-, evidence- and risk-based approaches, offer
FAO Members a basis to continuously improve national food control systems and to
develop resources tailored to national or regional food safety governance. Members
should be able to identify where capacity development is most needed, depending
on the scale of domestic food enterprises and the ability of food business operators
to deliver consistently safe food in line with formal requirements and practices. In
doing so, competent authorities could consider integrating both regulatory and non-
regulatory approaches to tackle food safety issues.
Digital and other technological modernizations are necessary to improve food controls.
However, to be able to use them effectively FAO Members need to invest in human
resources, infrastructure, as well as data and privacy protection mechanisms.
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A3.1 To provide technical support to FAO Members to evaluate their national food
control systems, identify needs and design integrated capacity development
programmes.
Members can benefit from using the FAO/WHO food control system assessment
tool (FAO and WHO, 2019b) to conduct the evaluation. This will help them monitor
improvements over time and ultimately increase accountability.
A3.2 To support FAO Members and relevant stakeholders, particularly in developing

and transition economy countries, where requested, to participate more actively
in Codex Alimentarius work.
This will bring in a diversity of perspectives, making the Codex Alimentarius

Commission’s work more inclusive, and the resulting standards and guidance
more globally applicable. FAO Members need to develop capacities at local
and national level to adopt Codex standards, codes of practice, guidance and
recommendations, and to harmonize national or regional regulations using the
relevant Codex texts. This also involves developing national capacities to engage
effectively with the Commission, by establishing the proper working processes and
communication mechanisms at national level (and regional, where appropriate),
and by strengthening technical expertise.
A3.3 To support FAO Members in developing and updating their food safety standards,
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legal frameworks and government policies, as well as operational level procedures

and guidelines.
This will provide the necessary basis to strengthen their science, evidence and risk-
based food controls including inspection and monitoring programmes, analytical
services, early warning mechanisms and emergency responses. Efforts must be
made to raise awareness among policymakers to encourage greater coordination
between competent authorities across different sectors on food safety matters. With
the support of its partners, FAO will also assist Members and relevant stakeholders
to strengthen capacities with regard to food control infrastructure and services.
A3.4 To help FAO Members generate relevant food safety data that reflects their
national context/situation.
Good national data is a critical element of effective national food control systems.
Such data should reflect the food safety status in terms of the hazards and risks
at national or other relevant level. This would help FAO Members make decisions
on governance, specifically on the levels of acceptable risks and the necessary
steps to mitigate risks. It would also help in tracking regulatory implementation
or operational food safety performance, surveillance approaches and help to
identify research and innovation needs related to food safety. It would also support
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Members’ risk communication efforts. In addition, good quality national data

is the bedrock for FAO and WHO’s scientific advice programme supporting the
development of international food standards.
A3.5 To support FAO Members and relevant stakeholders to embrace relevant

technological developments, including digital technologies, in food control and
food safety management, for the following purposes:
> Generating and analysing data to develop tailored monitoring programmes of potential
hazards along the food chain, and to disseminate advice on risks management.
> Streamlining communication and operations between public and private entities on
food safety issues. This includes supporting organizations’ digital transformation
initiatives, improving the quality and accuracy of data and information exchanges,
and expanding virtual exchanges for certifications, audits and other interactions;
> Embedding food safety management and food control mechanisms into e-commerce
platforms and other novel marketing channels.
> Establishing effective approaches and strengthening the preparedness, response

capacity, and management of food safety emergencies, including early detection
and warning of potential food safety incidents and hazards.
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Public and private stakeholder collaboration
is promoted to ensure food safety
management and controls throughout
agrifood systems
The only way to ensure that food is safe for consumption is if everyone involved in the
whole food chain is aware of and actively works to maintain the safety of food. While
the responsibility for food safety policymaking and enforcement ultimately lies with
the relevant competent authorities, public organizations and private entities should
collaborate to advance science, innovate food production and processing, and advance
effective operational food safety management.
In addition, food safety must be achieved in a proactive way. Dealing with food safety in a
reactive way, i.e. handling food safety incidents as they arise, causes health disruptions,
waste, mistrust in foods and in food authorities, and is costly for everyone involved. It is
crucial that food safety be managed in accordance with preventative principles and thus
be included in the design and implementation of overarching food-related programmes.
Partnering with governments, public organizations, academia, and the private sector allows
FAO to access new tools and approaches and to expand the resources it provides to its
Members in support of their food safety work.2 This is especially true in key technical areas
including digital transformation, data management and dissemination, and cyber security.
Resources must be dedicated to build the capacities and infrastructure necessary to

ensure that the public and private actors involved in the food system collaborate and
implement control measures in accordance with internationally recognized food safety
standards. Experiences and lessons learned by FAO Members and across sectors should be
documented and shared to support overall improvement in prevention of food safety issues.
2 FAO envisages that private sector engagements will bring strategic partnerships, scale up collective multistakeholder efforts, and
bring country-owned and country-led innovative solutions to help FAO Members to achieve the SDGs, ultimately maximizing the
positive impact for the beneficiaries that the Organization supports. FAO's Strategy for Private Sector Engagement 2021–2025
(FAO, 2021b) provides a detailed account of the engagement criteria. For details see here: www.fao.org/connect-private-sector
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A4.1 To support both governments and food chain actors starting from primary
production and including associated industries, academia, consumers and
other stakeholders, in adopting gender responsive and inclusive programmes
of preventative food safety control and management.
This will enable the development of inclusive and integrated approaches to prevent
and tackle complex food safety challenges affecting trade and public health, and
the development of food safety interventions both for routine circumstances and
for food chains affected by emergencies and crises.
A4.2 To provide the tools and resources for stakeholders to make informed choices
and adopt food safety interventions that are specific to their countries’ priorities,
safety risks and their constituents’ differentiated needs.
This will be done by striking the right balance between existing ways of operating
and the adoption of new technologies, while ensuring that agrifood system
transformations do not compromise food safety.
A4.3 To ensure that lessons learned from national- and regional-level food safety
control programmes and initiatives can inform global level normative work and
strengthen dialogues on food safety.
A4.4 To support initiatives aiming to create training programmes and curricula that
better reflect the complexity of food safety and the need for collaborations across
disciplines.
FAO will continue to engage with academia to adapt food safety curricula, ensuring
that disciplines such as data and knowledge management, risk assessment and risk
communication are included.
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III
Implementation and
monitoring
Delivery of the FAO Strategic Priorities

for Food Safety within the FAO Strategic
Framework 2022–2031
FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031 seeks to support the 2030 Agenda through the
transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems
for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving
no one behind. Food safety is a critical prerequisite to ensure that all humans can enjoy
a better life and better nutrition, and unsafe products not only make consumers ill, they
add substantially to food loss and waste as they cannot be consumed by humans.
Thus food safety considerations are at the core of all successful agrifood systems
transformations and constitute a critical element of One Health.
As food safety is relevant to, and cuts across, many FAO functions and units, it risks
fragmentation, and to some extent loss of consistency across sectors. To prevent this,
the Food Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF) will provide overall technical guidance
and support to the other FAO units and Decentralized Offices. ESF has the capacity to
ensure that food safety practices developed for specific countries, regions or sectors
are consistent with global standards, that they result from the lessons learned in other
countries and contexts, and that they embed the latest technical or policy developments.
Implementing the Strategic Priorities will take into account a number of organization-wide
strategies and guidelines. In its engagement with the private sector, FAO will apply the
Strategy for Private Sector Engagement 2021-2025 (FAO, 2021b).This strategy emphasizes,
among other things, the need for FAO to maintain its neutrality and independence
when working with private partners, and to maximize local-level impact especially
with smallholder farmers in the spirit of leaving no one behind and doing no harm, in
line with FAO’s Extreme Poverty Framework (FAO, 2019b). Following FAO’s Framework
for Provision of Scientific Advice on Food Safety and Nutrition (FAO and WHO, 2007
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[updated 2018]), FAO will honour the principles of integrity, fairness and objectivity in
the provision of evidence-based information to its Members. In this process, and in full
respect of privacy and data licensing agreements and principles (FAO, 2020b, 2022e,
2022d), making data accessible to FAO and its Members will be key to achieving the
goals of the Food Safety Scientific Advice Programme.
FAO will engage in new key technical areas in the context of advancing food control
systems and transforming agrifood systems. The Organization aims to provide up-to-
date advice and capacity development support to its Members and stakeholders on
generating and sharing data efficiently, as well as in adopting innovative data analysis and
interpretation tools, seeking synergies, in the spirit of the UN reform and the leadership
role of the UN Resident Coordinator. To do so, FAO will improve the proficiency of its
personnel and attract new personnel and experts in these key technical areas. FAO will
partner with experts to enhance its own capacity to master the opportunities posed
by digital transformations, and to be able to address the trade-offs and welcome the
opportunities and tools that they offer.
In this regard, it is worth emphasizing the values of the strong partnership that FAO
and WHO have developed over the past several decades in the area of food safety. The
unique capabilities that they both bring to the table make for a valuable and fruitful
partnership. Both organizations offer forward-looking global food safety programmes
that allow them to continue working together to advance food safety and to strengthen
their joint support to Members. FAO and WHO have committed to plan the development
of a joint framework for implementation, following the endorsement of the respective
strategic directions.
Many of FAO’s partners are UN agencies. Besides WHO, these include the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations
Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA). FAO has also partnered with other international organizations such as the the
World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), the World Bank (WB), and WTO (which
hosts the Standards and Trade Development Facility [STDF]),3 as well as with NGOs and
private sector entities.
It is also important to highlight a number of other specific and salient activities that FAO
has conducted in collaboration with its partners:
> FAO supports the operationalization of the One Health approach inter-alia through the
One Health Action Plan, which aims to protect human, animal, plant and environmental
3 FAO is a founding partner of STDF together with WHO, WTO, WOAH and WB; IPPC and Codex are technical partners in the STDF
Working Group.
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I I . Implementation
vision and strategic
and monitoring
outcomes
health. It does so in collaboration with several other UN agencies including WHO

and UNEP, as well as with the WOAH. At regional and national level, the Organization
works with the agencies, financial institutions and NGOs mentioned above, and with
national food safety authorities.
> FAO has developed and currently implements its Action Plan on AMR. The Organization
works closely with WHO and WOAH, as well as with the private sector, academia,
civil society organizations, and financial institutions to carry out the Action Plan.
> FAO and WHO jointly manage the International Food Safety Authorities Network
(INFOSAN), a voluntary network which counts on the participation of over 700
representatives of national food safety authorities from a total of 186 Members.
INFOSAN facilitates the rapid exchange of information during food safety incidents
in international food trade.
FAO has also been active in awareness-raising initiatives. With the support of the Codex
Alimentarius Commission and WHO, FAO established the World Food Safety Day to
raise awareness on the importance of food safety and to mobilize engagement and
sustained investment.
FAO intends to build and reinforce its existing partnerships to advance food safety
objectives. In the framework of the Strategic Priorities for Food Safety, the Organization
aims to leverage strategic partnerships with public and private entities with the aim
of expanding human resources and increasing investments. Many of the new areas
that FAO intends to further expand through these partnerships are included in the four
Strategic Priorities.
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Investments for delivering the

Ensuring that safe food is “available for everyone all the time”, as stated in the Vision,
requires efforts and investments of public and private entities. Greater investments need
to be dedicated to further strengthening national food control systems. These cover
many areas of responsibility of governments, including food safety governance and
standard setting, policy, law and regulations, monitoring and surveillance, inspection and
enforcement, crisis preparedness and management, risk management, risk assessment
and risk communication.
Further investments are required in FAO’s attempts to engage stakeholders involved in

food safety at global and local level. These include policymakers, regulatory authorities,
food industry and associated businesses, consumer organizations and individual
consumers that may benefit from receiving more timely information on food safety
matters, especially to make better, more balanced decisions.
In addition, investments are needed to make sure that food chain operations integrate
food safety principles, especially as agrifood systems become MORE efficient, inclusive,
resilient and sustainable, while maintaining supply chain integrity. Innovative tools and
technologies, for example related to the development of new foods and nutrient sources,
will require investments to ensure food safety management and controls. Finally, training
and educating future food safety professionals is also key in advancing food safety
and deserves greater investments. Training efforts must be funded so the workforce
can acquire adequate knowledge and skills to be able to respond to the challenges and
opportunities that food safety and the transformation of agrifood systems pose.
In the FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031, the Organization identified the themes of
gender, youth, and inclusion as cross-cutting and important issues, which need to be
taken into account across all of FAO’s programmatic work, so as to promote a more
systematic mainstreaming and operationalization of these issues across all of FAO’s
work, and thus will be considered while implementing the Strategic Actions.
Achieving safe food for everyone requires a gender sensitive approach, addressing
restrictive cultural norms that prevent rural women to access capacity building and
extension services; as well as finance, technologies, and markets, when they need to
respond to food safety requirements and operationalize food safety measures. Often
women operate in informal value chains, thus special measures are needed to ensure
that informal retailers, food vendors and caterers have access to adequate infrastructure,
such as potable water and waste disposal facilities, safe storage as well as safe and
hygienic accommodations, so that they can ensure food safety and dispose of food
waste with minimal environmental damage.
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I I . Implementation
vision and strategic
and monitoring
outcomes
In respect of youth, the Rural Youth Action Plan (RYAP), fully embedded in FAO’s
MediumTerm Plan (MTP) has been designed with the goal of contributing to the realization
of the SDGs by equally empowering rural young women and men, protecting children
and other excluded youth groups, as present and future holders of our ecosystems and
food systems while being key actors to improve food safety at large.
FAO’s efforts to improve food safety will ensure the inclusion of all people, especially the
excluded, marginalized, and those living in situations of vulnerability, as both producers
and consumers. The introduction of new food safety policies can present challenges for
small-scale producers, while adoption of technologies risks exacerbating inequalities
due to unequal access to and capacity to adopt them. It is key that consumer awareness
and education efforts account for vulnerabilities and reach all people.
Other areas where greater investments are needed fall under the responsibility of national
and international stakeholders. These include food production, processing, distribution
and trade, issue and incident management, traceability and recall approaches, and
information technologies (IT) infrastructure and technologies.
Monitoring of and reporting on the

implementation of the FAO Strategic
Priorities for Food Safety within the FAO
Strategic Framework 2022–2031
The progress and delivery of the Strategic Priorities will be monitored and reported
following the overall mechanisms and cycles of the FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031.
The planning and implementation of the Strategic Priorities will also be carried out in a
manner to best achieve the goals of the FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031.
The implementation of the Strategic Priorities, or of parts thereof, will be planned in

accordance with priorities, timelines, capacities, and resources developed between
FAO and its partners. Risks concerning FAO’s ability to deliver the proposed Strategic
Outcomes within the set timelines will be identified throughout the process and, where
possible, mitigation measures will be put in place. Such risks may result from the very
nature of working with multiple partners and having to depend on external conditions
for outcomes and underlying actions to advance accordingly.
As part of the planning process, indicators for the delivery of Strategic Outcomes and
activities will be established. These indicators will include the definition of baselines,
targets and metrics, and will be developed to be consistent with the FAO Strategic
Framework 2022–2031 goals, specifically the programmatic areas under PPA “Safe food
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for everyone” (BN3), and other relevant PPAs (BN5 and BP3). Indicators, for example,
could measure relevant qualitative or quantitative aspects of delivery or achievement.
Quantitative indicators could be particularly useful to assess elements of FAO’s support
and input along the process. Qualitative indicators could provide insight on the value
and impact of FAO’s work.
Action plans will be developed for the established work, with timelines and milestones
set in accordance with results-based management priorities. The deadlines for particular
aspects or areas of delivery may be broken down in phases as appropriate for management
and reporting purposes, with indicators and action plans defined in greater detail for
the delivery in the shorter-term rather than for the longer-term.
Monitoring the progress of the Strategic Outcomes and Actions will rely on gathering the
necessary data and on introducing adaptations required to improve the achievement of
targets. To use resources for data gathering and evaluation more effectively, synergies
will be sought with the monitoring efforts of other relevant programmes, such as those
operating in the context of the Codex Strategic Plan 2020-2025 (FAO and WHO, 2019a),
the WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety 2022-2030 (WHO, 2022), One Health, (FAO,
2022c), and AMR (FAO, WHO and WOAH, 2019)..
Reporting of progress will essentially follow the FAO Strategic Framework reporting
cycle and mechanisms, while effective use will be also made of the abovementioned
existing communication and reporting channels.
In monitoring, evaluating and reporting the implementation and progression of the

Strategic Priorities, FAO will ascertain the best approaches to integrate information and
data to reflect in the most comprehensive manner the Strategic Outcomes for Members
and other stakeholders.
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I. Introduction
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II. Mission, vision and strategic outcomes.................................................................... 7

III. Implementation and monitoring.............................................................................. 27

Investments for delivering the strategic priorities.................................................................. 30

Monitoring of and reporting on the implementation of the FAO Strategic

The 2030 Agenda

BETTER BETTER BETTER BETTER

FAO Strategic Priorities for Food Safety

STRATEGIC OUTCOME 1 STRATEGIC OUTCOME 2

STRATEGIC OUTCOME 4 STRATEGIC OUTCOME 3

STRATEGIC OUTCOME 1 – Intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder engagement

STRATEGIC OUTCOME 2 – Sound scientific advice and evidence are provided as

STRATEGIC OUTCOME 3 – National food control systems are further strengthened

STRATEGIC OUTCOME 4 – Public and private stakeholder collaboration is promoted

STRATEGIC OUTCOME 1 STRATEGIC OUTCOME 2

STRATEGIC OUTCOME 4 STRATEGIC OUTCOME 3

Several novel elements are included in the Outcomes:

> Contributing to the establishment of innovative and broader partnerships between

As one of the three international standard-setting organizations in the World Trade

The Strategic Actions (A1) to achieve Strategic Outcome 1 are:

A1.1 To continue supporting collaboration between the Codex Alimentarius Commission

Encouraging greater participation of FAO Members, especially developing countries

A1.3 To foster communication on food safety and risks.

The Strategic (A2) Actions to achieve Strategic Outcome 2 are:

This concerns various types of food safety hazards, including chemical,

A2.3 To foster an understanding and appreciation of the importance of scientific

Raising awareness among Members and relevant stakeholders on the importance

The Strategic Actions (A3) to achieve Strategic Outcome 3 are:

A3.2 To support FAO Members and relevant stakeholders, particularly in developing

This will bring in a diversity of perspectives, making the Codex Alimentarius

legal frameworks and government policies, as well as operational level procedures

Members’ risk communication efforts. In addition, good quality national data

A3.5 To support FAO Members and relevant stakeholders to embrace relevant

> Establishing effective approaches and strengthening the preparedness, response

Resources must be dedicated to build the capacities and infrastructure necessary to

The Strategic Actions (A4) to achieve Strategic Outcome 4 are:

Delivery of the FAO Strategic Priorities

health. It does so in collaboration with several other UN agencies including WHO

Investments for delivering the

Further investments are required in FAO’s attempts to engage stakeholders involved in

Monitoring of and reporting on the

The implementation of the Strategic Priorities, or of parts thereof, will be planned in

In monitoring, evaluating and reporting the implementation and progression of the

CAC. 2022. FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius. Rome. www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/

FAO. 2022c. One Health. In: FAO. Rome. www.fao.org/one-health/en

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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