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| Sophie Li - Food Safety | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 12 2015, 08:12 PM (56 Views) | |
| Sophie_Li | Feb 12 2015, 08:12 PM Post #1 |
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Name: Sophie Li Committee: Health and Human Services Subject: Food Safety Proposed by: Republic of China (Taiwan) The General Assembly, 1) Aware of the dangers that foodborne illnesses pose to both developing and developed 2) countries, 3) Bearing in mind that diarrhea, a symptom of several foodborne diseases, killed 1.5 million 4) people (more than half of which were children under five) and was the third largest cause of 5) death in low income countries in 2012, 6) Deeply concerned that Rotavirus (the genus of viruses that causes the most diarrhea cases in 7) children) vaccines are only used in 41 countries as of 2013, despite being on the World 8) Health Organization’s (WHO) Model List of Essential Medicines, 9) Noting that 40% of all foodborne outbreaks in the WHO European Region from 1994-2004 10) were caused by improper handling by the consumer, 11) Recognizing that contamination at the food processing and manufacturing level is possible if 12) regulatory agencies fail to properly inspect facilities, 13) Acknowledging that many countries do not have the resources to construct a full and ethical 14) bureaucracy, 15) Approving the current collaboration between WHO and the Food and Agricultural 16) Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to produce the Codex Alimentarius, a set of 17) standards for food safety and production, 18) Realizing that the Codex is controversial due to its prescriptive nature and implied use as an 19) international standard, and that the commission has been accused of undermining small 20) farmers and businesses by promoting such standards, 21) Noting that ISO 22000 (a set of standards that pertains to food safety management) is 22) currently under revision, and that ISO has general consultative status with the U.N Economic 23) and Social Council, 24) 1. Affirms its support of regulatory agencies at all levels of government, including programs 25) that set international standards; 26) 2. Confirms the right of states to not follow certain guidelines set in the Codex Alimentarius 27) (as it is a voluntary standard), but discourages it and warns of the inevitable repercussions 28) and dangers of not setting proper standards within national and local government; 29) 3. Supports the general development and research of medical and sanitation infrastructure, 30) especially efforts to treat, prevent, and eradicate diseases related to unsafe water supply, and 31) promotes international collaboration and aid to achieve this goal: 32) a) Further requests for wider distribution of the Rotavirus vaccine to prevent diarrhea; 33) 4. Calls for several different, targeted approaches to preventing and solving this problem, 34) depending on the specific issues in the region, as issues with food safety can arise anywhere 35) along the food supply chain; 36) 6. Promotes food-safety education of consumers in countries with a high level of government 37) regulation at the industrial level; 38) 7. Draws attention to bureaucratic corruption and the effects that it has on manufacturing, and 39) notes the negative effects that it can have on a country’s economy through recalls and general 40) mistrust by the consumer; 41) 8. Encourages the development of new and fair ISO standards that specifically pertain to 42) small businesses, to ensure food safety at all levels; 43) 9. Confirms the fact that food safety is a pervasive issue that is related to several other global 44) problems (including food security, overall sanitation, and medical education), but expresses 45) its hope that these actions will help lower incidence and mortality rates of foodborne and 46) waterborne diseases. |
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| Deven_Bishnu | Feb 13 2015, 04:00 PM Post #2 |
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| Junha_Park | Mar 26 2015, 01:51 PM Post #3 |
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