To kick-off the new year, let’s start with a positive note. Despite global supply chain challenges, Codex Alimentarius with 189 members remains the gold standard for science based food safety standards. Even Russia & Ukraine/ China & US would agree but… Compliance? Enforcement? Quite another matter.
Food safety culture is the rub, according to Food Processing magazine: “…heightened emphasis within the industry on strengthening food safety culture as an important way to advance public health goals, through improved risk awareness, behavior and personal accountability.” An important finding for us earthlings on Earth Day.
Blockchain secures provenance and product information for suppliers, buyers, and regulators. It allows companies to track unsafe products and track where the products have been distributed. GFSF has an upcoming blockchain event in Beijing and in 2020 we’ll be hosting workshops to assist companies, as blockchain technology has become a default verification tool.
Today’s horns of a dilemma (to be posted every week): Average GDP growth 2013-’17 for following African countries: Ghana—6.08%, Ivory Coast: 11%, Cameroon-5.41%, and Nigeria-2.81% but GHG emissions were higher, 1990-2012: Ghana—23.02%; Ivory Coast—11.99%; Nigeria—60.49%; and Cameroon—12.37%