Enhancing Food Safety in Central Asia: WHO Workshop Insights

1. WHO Public Health Initiative on Food Safety in the Central Asian RepublicsIn collaboration with the Kazakhstan School Public HealthWHO workshop on chemical food contamination monitoring and laboratory methods: pesticides and environmental contaminants of importance in Central Asian Republics 4-8 August 2003, Almaty, Kazahstan Dr. Cristina Tirado, Regional Adviser Food Safety Programme, WHO Regional Office for Europe

2. “Food Safety: a health priority” • WHO Global Strategy on Food Safety • Surveillance & food contamination monitoring • Improved risk analyses • Public Health in Codex Alimentarius • Safety of new food technologies • Capacity building • International Cooperation

3. Recommendations of the FAO/WHO Pan-European Conference on Food Safety • Strengthen chemical contamination monitoring and chemical risk assessment • Harmonization of reporting Global Environment Monitoring System (GEMS/FOOD) • Conduct Total Diet Studies and provide technical and financial assistance at the national or sub-regional level

4. Resolution of the 53rd WHO Regional Committee for Europe within Food and Nutrition Policy and Action Plan for the European Region of WHO 2000-2005 Food scurity Nutrition Food Saefty Nutrition

5. Technical assistance of the WHO Food Safety Programme in Europe -Food policy and food safety legislation -Surveillance of foodborne diseases and microbiological and chemical food contamination monitoring - on Laboratory microbiological and chemical analytical methods in foods -and on Risk assessment, management and communication including Hazard Analyses and Critical Control Points (HACCP)

6. Инициатива ВОЗ по безопасности продуктов питания для Центрально-Азиатских РеспубликВ сотрудничестве с Казахстанской Школой Общественного здравоохранения

7. OBJECTIVES OF THE FOOD SAFETY PROJECT IN THE CARs Short-medium term =Strengthening National Food Safety Systems within the framework of the WHO Global and European Food Safety Strategy Medium-long term =Food Safety Specialization within the KSPH as reference centre for CAR

8. 1. Short-medium term = Strengthening National Food Safety Systems Training food safety officers from CAR countries in: Food safety policy, legislation and enforcement Surveillance of foodborne diseases and outbreak investigation Food Microbiology Chemical hazards (food contamination monitoring) Risk Analysis: * risk management e.g. Inspection and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point System (HACCP)

9. 2. Medium-long term = Food Safety Specialization within the KSPH Organization of a specific Food Safety Specialization with courses in: Food policies and legislation, Food microbiology & chemistry, Foodborne diseases Epidemiology KSPH becomes a reference centre on food safety for Central Asiatic Republics Audience: Epidemiologists, Veterinarians, Chemists, Microbiologist, and other public health professionals

10. 1 2 3 4 5 PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSITIES, COLLABORATING CENTRES NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS STRATEGY SHORT TERM MEDIUM TERM KSPH SPECIALIZATION and REFERENCE CENTRE FOR CAR MODULAR TRAINING WHO sustainability

11. OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP on CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION MONITORING in FOODS AND LABORATORY METHODS • Understand the importance of food contamination monitoring programmes to strengthen Food Safety Systems • Become familiar with modern analytical detection techniques in line with internationally recognized methods. • Identify the National Contacts for the WHO Global Environmental Monitoring System/ Food in Europe • Discuss the needs to strengthen chemical contamination monitoring systems in the Central Asiatic Republics

12. FOLLOW-UP OF THEWORKSHOP on MONITORING of CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION in FOODS AND LABORATORY METHODS • Participants should train other food analytical chemist at their national Sani-Epid Stations. • Advocate at the MoH the need to: • Sign/ratify the POPs Stockholm Convention • strengthen food contamination monitoring systems & • request assistance from WHO Food Safety in Europe • Provision of data to the WHO Global Environmental Monitoring System/ Food in Europe

13. Further information on the activities of the Food Safety Programme of the WHO Regional Office for Europe http:// www.euro.who.int/foodsafety БОЛЬШОЕ СПАСИБО ЗА ВАШЕ ВНИМАНИЕ !