A/RES/73/250
World Food Safety Day
Cognizant of the urgent need to raise awareness at all levels and to promote and
facilitate actions for global food safety, on the basis of scientific principles, in line
with the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the
World Trade Organization,
Recalling the leading role of the Codex Alimentarius Commission of the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health
Organization in setting international food standards to protect the health of consumers
and in ensuring fair practices in the food trade, and the leading role of the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization in
providing capacity-building to countries to implement food safety systems,
Recalling resolution 11/2017 adopted on 7 July 2017 by the Conference of the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations at its fortieth session,
Acknowledging that promoting sustainable agriculture can contribute to food
safety,
1.
Decides to designate 7 June as World Food Safety Day;
2.
Stresses that the cost of all activities that may arise from the
implementation of the present resolution should be met fro m voluntary contributions,
and invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, other
international and regional organizations, the private sector and civil society, including
non-governmental organizations, individuals and other rele vant stakeholders, to
observe World Food Safety Day in an appropriate manner and in accordance with
national priorities;
3.
Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and
the World Health Organization, the parent organizations of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission, to jointly facilitate the observance of World Food Safety Day, in
collaboration with other relevant organizations, mindful of the provisions contained
in the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/67;
4.
Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the
attention of all Member States, the organizations of the United Nations system and
civil society organizations for appropriate observance.
62nd plenary meeting
20 December 2018
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