Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Cambodia, FAO meet to strengthen food safety

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Commerce and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held one-day meeting Tuesday to discuss on how to strengthen Cambodia's food safety control systems and reduce the negative impact of food-borne diseases to consumers, producers, vendors and government authorities.
The meeting is aimed at improving the capacity of concerned national agencies to develop, implement and monitor national food control strategies that reflect the multi-disciplinary nature of food control, according to FAO.
At the opening of the forum, Chan Nora, secretary of state of Ministry of Commerce said improving food safety and its management is among the strategies adopted by the Royal Government of Cambodia to diversify its products and promote long term economic sustainability.

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