Today’s food is well travelled. A pack of green beans in a Northern supermarket may have journeyed 6000 miles, or 60. But while food miles loom large in our carbon-aware times, transporting it counts for less than you might think. This pocketbook delves into the realities of the produce trade between Africa and the UK, examining both sides of the equation in search of a diet that is ethically, as well as nutritionally, balanced.

The Codex basic texts on food hygiene lay a firm foundation for understanding how rules and regulations on food hygiene are developed and applied. The General Principles of Food Hygiene cover hygiene practices from primary production through to final consumption, highlighting the key hygiene controls at each stage.

Food labelling is the primary means of communication between the producer and seller of food on one hand, and the purchaser and consume on the other.

Basic texts on meat hygiene, animal feeding and antimicrobial resistance, including the code of hygienic practice for meat, the code of practice for good animal feeding, a glossary of terms and definitions (Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods), and more.

This publication provides guidance to the various stakeholders in the fisheries sector on the tools and actions necessary to address the challenges contributing to the global food crisis. The document reviews the complexities surrounding the current decline, and in some cases collapse, of global fish stocks.

This CD-ROM contains over 400 international standards, guidelines and codes of practice, recognized as benchmarks by the World trade Organization, on food labelling and food hygiene; commodities; and food safety assessment for food derived from biotechnology, adopted by the Commission up to 2007, together with a fully searchable record of the joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission meeting reports for the past five years.

This volume includes Codex standards on milk, milk powders, condensed milks, creams, butter and all sorts of cheeses, and other related texts such as the Code of Hygienic Practice for Milk and Milk Products , published in this compact format to allow their wide use and understanding by governments, regulatory authorities, food industries and retailers, and consumers.

A consolidated edition providing the Codex standards and relevant related texts, including the Code of practice for the prevention of mycotoxin contamination in cereals. This first edition contains texs adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission up to 2007.(Also published in French and Spanish)

The role of animal feed in the production of safe food is recognized worldwide, and several events have underlined its impact on public health, feed and food trade, and food security.

The need for access to antimicrobials in both human and veterinary medicine is critical. The expert meeting considered various lists of critically important antimicrobials, established priorities, and identified key principles for a simple, practical approach, adaptable to real life. The report also includes recommendations to national governments.