African Unification Front
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FOOD SAFETY
The incidence of food contamination, and foodborne diseases (e.g., campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis), is unacceptable. This increase is a consequence of different factors, often interrelated and complex, which may arise from changes in:
-food supply system (e.g. longer food chain)
-health and demographic situation (e.g. increase in # of vulnerable people)
-social situation, behaviour and lifestyle (e.g. new patterns of food preparation and consumption)
-health system and infrastructure (e.g. weaknesses in surveillance and monitoring)
-environmental conditions (e.g. changes in ecological systems).
-Emerging problems, such as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, enterohemorragic Escherichia coli, multidrug resistant strains, and
-Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are creating additional concerns among both the public and the decision-makers.
The AUF Food Safety Programme operates to ensure that:
-information on food safety is properly collected and circulated to provide the basis for policy and monitoring;
-health-oriented guidelines are constantly updated;
-a continental body plays a public health advocacy role vis-à-vis the strong economic forces acting within the areas of food production, retailing and marketing.
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