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FAO for harmonised approach for regulatory framework for EIs
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Saturday, 24 January, 2026, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has produced a report aiming at helping policy makers in evaluating possible agrifood system based food safety risks.
The report titled ‘environmental inhibitors in agrifood systems - considerations for food safety risk assessment’, notes that the potential transfer of ‘environmental inhibitors’ residues into the food chain requires careful evaluation and food safety risk assessment to minimise possible negative implications for human health and trade disruptions.
FAO, in a statement, said, currently, the regulatory frameworks for EIs are fragmented, with data requirements and evaluation schemes differing across regions, highlighting the need for a harmonised approach.
The statement added that FAO supports this approach through the scientific advice provided by international expert committees (the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives and the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues) that serves as the foundation for the standards of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
The report observed that Nitrogen, which is a crucial nutrient for plant growth and often the most limiting factor in crop productivity, when applied as a fertiliser, much of it is lost to the environment through volatilisation, leaching, runoff and other processes.
As per FAO, the minimum data requirements to establish food safety begin with assessing the presence or absence of residues detected in foods.
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