FOOD 2010 Study Guide - Final Guide: World Health Organization, Food Security, Biopharmaceutical
11 Feb 2017
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This section gives a brief overview of the major organizations, and outlines their mandates and operations with respect to food legislation. Important agencies involved with establishing international food standards. Their recommendations and guidelines provide direction for individual countries to develop legislation that enables their products to be traded on the world market. Fao food and agriculture organization of the united nations. Mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living. To better the condition of rural populations. Fao is the largest autonomous agency within the united nations. 180 member nations plus the european community. Works to alleviate poverty and hunger by promoting agricultural development, food security, etc. Mandate is to promote high quality of health in all people. Who proposes agreements, regulations, and makes recommendations about international designations of diseases, causes of death, and public health practices. Promotes international standards concerning food, biologics, pharmaceuticals, etc. In 1962, who and fao created the following global food regulatory body.
