The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization jointly convened the Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality in Budapest from 25 to 28 February 2002 at the kind invitation of the Minister of Agriculture and Regional Development of Hungary. Over 200 delegates from 48 FAO/WHO member countries, the European Community and 18 international organizations attended this meeting.
The Conference participants identified and discussed methods to improve transparency and reliability of European food chains and focused on prospects for intra-regional co-operation activities, such as:
- harmonization and development of food safety and quality policies throughout Europe
- improvement of consumer participation in food safety and quality issues
- strengthening of surveillance and monitoring of food safety risks
- extension of food safety emergency systems
The recommendations of this Conference were adopted by the 23rd FAO Regional Conference for Europe (Cyprus, 29-31 May 2002). The recommendations related to public health were endorsed by the 52nd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (Copenhagen, 16-19 September 2002).
At the 24th FAO Regional Conference for Europe (Montpellier, 5-7 May 2004), Member countries may take the opportunity to evaluate follow-up activities, undertaken in the Region and to formulate new priorities.
We invite you to take a closer look into the developments of these events through the attached pages.
The Conference Secretariat
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