The food and vegetables committee, for instance, meets in 18 months. It is not possible to meet very frequently because funds are limited. But we will have to devise ways so that countries can participate effectively and that their concerns are addressed. Codex is also looking at new options for participation in Physical Working Groups and also Electronic platform for the members and observers to post their views in respect of specific draft documents.
On whether voting is an option to cut down on time taken to decide a standard Voting is a very dangerous thing and leads to the adoption process going haywire. The best approach is consensus. We will have training programmes for all committee chairs for skill development on mediation and negotiation, on how to develop, promote and build consensus.
We will also try to work on a time bound approach. On the justification for focusing on least developed nations The current world population is at about seven billion. This comprises a large chunk of people struggling for one square meal a day. As per an estimate, there are 20 billion meals consumed in a day.
This is a huge figure and the largest chunk of these meals is consumed in the developing and least developed nations. So, they are the ones who need food safety the most. But they happen to be the ones who are unable to participate quite meaningfully.
They need to understand before they can effectively participate and upgrade food safety standards and look after the interest of their people. On many countries not complying with Codex The SPS Agreement under the World Trade Organisation agreement hopes that countries harmonise their food standards with Codex as Codex standards are the reference point in the framework of WTO, but there is also an option for countries to adopt standards according to the level of protection they need.
This depends on food intake. For instance, some countries are rice eaters, some others consume more wheat; so, each country sets its own level of protection for its consumers based on the average daily food intake of that item.
But in case there is a conflict between two trading countries, one being a country where rules are stricter than those prescribed by the Codex, then that country needs to justify the stricter rules based on science. However, if that country had expressed reservations at the time standards were being set in the Codex, then it has the possibility to impose their science-based stricter standards on the countries trading with them.
In the framework of WTO, we can impose such standards on imports that we have for the domestic producers and retailers. We have to follow the national treatment clause. Global Healing is actively contributing to the fight against this radical government control movement and hope that we can all make a difference before it goes into effect. You can help us stand up for our nutritional freedoms by protesting this commission and becoming actively involved.
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Industry and regulators claim that glyphosate is safe for humans and animals because the means by which it kills weeds the shikimate pathway is not present in in humans and animals. However, the shikimate pathway is present in bacteria, which dominate human and animal gut biomes. The glyphosate preferentially destroys beneficial gut bacteria, thereby allowing disease and inflammation to take hold. In Beijing, a growing list of approved and soon-to-be-approved pesticides was before the Committee for its consideration, a list that included chlorpyrifos-methyl, buprofezin, teflubenzuron, saflufenacil, fluazifop-p-butyl, flupyrdifurone, and glyphosate.
Figures representing the interests of the agrochemical companies were all present, but Tips spoke out over the four-day meeting against the pesticides listed above. Depending on the pesticide, NHF argued that they were carcinogenic, killed bees and other vital insects as well as aquatic life and damaged the environment, including the oceans in the case of glyphosate.
In addition, there was much debate about the maximum residue limits MRLs for numerous pesticides. When attending Codex meetings, given the presence of the agritech giants and co-opted officials, Tips is often a lone voice.
The profit-motivated world. A few years later and both committees had come around entirely to the NHF positions and adopted them. Scott Tips and his colleagues at the NHF are tireless in their efforts to roll back corporate influence at Codex.
In the world of Tips, however, integrity is everything. There are victories, such as in the 55 lawsuits filed against Monsanto in Northern California, where the court recently ordered release of Monsanto e-mails and other documents showing probable collusion between the company and the U.
Environmental Protection Agency. This Author. Colin Todhunter is an extensively published independent writer and former social policy researcher, based in the UK and India. The Ecologist has a formidable reputation built on fifty years of investigative journalism and compelling commentary from writers across the world. This is a huge figure and the largest chunk of these meals is consumed in the developing and least developed nations.
So, they are the ones who need food safety the most. But they happen to be the ones who are unable to participate quite meaningfully.
They need to understand before they can effectively participate and upgrade food safety standards and look after the interest of their people. On many countries not complying with Codex The SPS Agreement under the World Trade Organisation agreement hopes that countries harmonise their food standards with Codex as Codex standards are the reference point in the framework of WTO, but there is also an option for countries to adopt standards according to the level of protection they need.
This depends on food intake. For instance, some countries are rice eaters, some others consume more wheat; so, each country sets its own level of protection for its consumers based on the average daily food intake of that item.
But in case there is a conflict between two trading countries, one being a country where rules are stricter than those prescribed by the Codex, then that country needs to justify the stricter rules based on science. However, if that country had expressed reservations at the time standards were being set in the Codex, then it has the possibility to impose their science-based stricter standards on the countries trading with them. In the framework of WTO, we can impose such standards on imports that we have for the domestic producers and retailers.
We have to follow the national treatment clause. We really need to study the Codex well and harmonise our standards with the Codex. On the changes India needs to adopt India is a major exporter and importer of agricultural produce and can become a major player in the international market.
I foresee a lot of activity within India to promote food safety and to encourage good agricultural practices, good laboratory practices and good industry practices. With all these activities India can be recognised as a supplier of food products that are safe and of good quality. On what is amiss in India These can be small things but mean a lot. Take for instance, a farmer who transports vegetables to the market. Has anyone given a thought to what was transported in the truck before the vegetables were loaded?
Whether it carried meat, fertilizer or biofuel? Any of these could have contaminated the food. Things like these go unchecked. We hope things will improve with the new Food Safety and Standards Act. Till late s, participation from India was rare. Even our comments were not good enough.
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