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Even as the most pressing challenge we face with regard to food security remains assuring that people have access to enough food to lead healthy and productive lives, food safety is gaining prominence as a global issue.This prominence is particularly evident in the international trade arena and is spilling over into the domestic agricultural and health arenas. It is time for IFPRI and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) to take up food safety as a major cross-cutting research issue linked to plant breeding, animal health, and irrigation practices, to name a few. It is imperative that this work focus on the food safety concerns of the poor. We at IFPRI plan to make food and water safety an important theme in our policy research. By identifying key issues and perspectives on food safety in food security and food trade, this collection of policy briefs lays the foundation for this work.

We express our sincere appreciation to Laurian J. Unnevehr for identifying the key food safety issues that prevail today in food security and trade, and for assembling a powerful array of case studies from around the world that vividly illuminate the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in this arena. In doing this work, Professor Unnevehr has helped us to strengthen and prioritize related research at IFPRI.We also warmly thank all the authors of the individual briefs for sharing their experiences and insights.

Joachim von Braun Director General Head,

Rajul Pandya-Lorch 2020 Vision Initiative

Full Text of all Briefs
Individual Briefs in Focus 10:

1. Overview
   Laurian J. Unnevehr
   (PDF 45K)
2. Food Safety as a Public Health Issue for Developing Countries
   Fritz K. Käferstein
   (PDF 48K)
3. Mycotoxin Food Safety Risk in Developing Countries
   Ramesh V. Bhat and Siruguri Vasanthi
   (PDF 47K)
4. Trends in Food Safety Standards and Regulation: Implications for Developing Countries
   Julie A. Caswell
   (PDF 47K)
5. Food Safety Issues in International Trade
   Spencer Henson
   (PDF 50K)
6. Balancing Risk Reduction and Benefits from Trade in Setting Standards
   John Wilson and Tsunehiro Otsuki
   (PDF 48K)
7. Case Study: Guatemalan Raspberries and Cyclospora
   Linda Calvin, Luis Flores, and William Foster
   (PDF 47K)
8. Case Study: Kenyan Fish Exports
   Richard O. Abila
   (PDF 52K)
9. Case Study:The Shrimp Export Industry in Bangladesh
   James C. Cato and S. Subasinge
   (PDF 52K)
10. Case Study: Reducing Pesticide Residues on Horticultural Crops
    George W. Norton, Guillermo E. Sanchez, Dionne Clarke-Harris, and Halimatou Koné Traoré
    (PDF 48K)
11. Case Study: India Responds to International Food Safety Requirements
    Shashi Sareen
    (PDF 56K)
12. Case Study: Supermarkets and Quality and Safety Standards for Produce in Latin America
    Julio A. Berdegué, Fernando Balsevich, Luis Flores, Denise Mainville, and Thomas Reardon
    (PDF 49K)
13. Case Study: Beef industry in China
    Colin G. Brown and Scott A.Waldron
    (PDF 59K)
14. Case Study:The Poultry Industry in Colombia
    Miguel I. Gómez, Diego M. Sierra, and Daisy Rodriguez
    (PDF 43K)
15. Case Study: Reducing Mycotoxins in Brazilian Crops
    Elisabete Salay
    (PDF 45K)
16. Food Safety and GM Crops: Implications for Developing-Country Research
    Joel I. Cohen, Hector Quemada, and Robert Frederick
    (PDF 47K)
17. Food Safety Policy Issues for Developing Countries
    Laurian J. Unnevehr, Lawrence Haddad, and Christopher Delgado
    (PDF 47K)