food security

Despite recent attempts to improve the food recall process, there is still an inherent gap existing between FDA food recall warnings and the removal of unsafe products from stores. According to a report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the timeline of this process can take up to 10 months. This is not in the best interest of the consumer and the OIG attributes this to a lack of sufficient policies and procedures to ensure prompt voluntary food recalls.

Today, companies are competing to produce food with high levels of safety and free from contaminants and disease. They are taking actions in food security and apply safety standards to achieve a strong, safe, stable and healthy food system. Regulatory structures are being very strict and consumers are increasingly concerned with the safety and ethical production of food products.

Two United Nations agencies – the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) – today agreed to strengthen their cooperation in Sudan to help smallholder farmers improve their production and thus promote food security.

Severe drought exacerbated by El Niño conditions has hit parts of Somalia’s Puntland and Somaliland, affecting hundreds of thousands of people.

Civil strife and unfavourable rains have further reduced crop production in South Sudan, contributing to a cereal deficit of 381,000 tonnes -53 percent greater than in 2015 -and aggravating the already severe food shortages, two UN agencies warned today.

What do cucumbers, mustard, almonds and alfalfa have in common? On the surface very little. But there is one thing they share: they all owe their existence to the service of bees.