Food Safety and Nutrition Landscape Horizon 2023

Regulators / standard setters view

Trends Seen to date.will continue

Products / Environment
Globalisation Increased diversity Reduced seasonality Food Fraud Climate change Changing Consumer demands / Interests :
Re-merging Pathogens / New Vehicles Foods with specific quality attributes : Local foods (within 100 miles) Organic Foods Accommodating religious / lifestyle choices : Hallal, Kosher, Vegan etc

Trends Seen to date.will continue

Products / Environment
Globalisation Increased diversity Reduced seasonality Food Fraud Climate change Changing Consumer demands / Interests :
Re-merging Pathogens / New Vehicles Foods with specific quality attributes : Local foods (within 100 miles) Organic Foods Accommodating religious / lifestyle choices : Hallal, Kosher, Vegan etc

Importance of New Media : (Social media / Rapid information sharing)

On consumer purchasing haibits On Risk Communication / Risk perception
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Food Safety Partners continue to adapt

Increasingly moving towards PREVENTION:
o Trends of new regulatory requirements : o USA (FSMA), Canada (SFCA), EU, Codex etc..

Moving from Standards on

oWHAT to HOW
Leveraging existing mechanisms to ascertain implementation of preventive measures :

o e.g. GFSI requirements o Increasing importance of certification against requiremnts

 Multiplication of requirements internationally

o Need for convergence and harmonisation

Various sources of Risk Communication:

o Issues related to possible divergence

Importance of scientific capacity

o Insufficient capacity for Risk Analysis

Management of Functional foods

Propagated CULTURE of food safety across the continuum