foodtraceabilityandauthenticity-globalissues食.pdf

Food Traceability and Authenticity - Global Issues Andrew Cannavan FAO/IAEA Agriculture Biotechnology Laboratory Seibersdorf, Austria International Atomic Energy Agency • Since 1957 - the worlds foremost inter- governmental forum for scientific and technical cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear technology • Member States – currently 150 • Dept. of Nuclear Sciences and Applications • 1964 - Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Applications in Food and Agriculture established FAO/IAEA Programme - Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture Coordination support of research Development and capacity building Laboratory support Information dissemination /nafa/index.html Food and Environmental Protection Objective – To enhance Member States capabilities to reduce food safety hazards and protect the environment through nuclear and related techniques /nafa/fep/index.html FAO/IAEA Training and Reference Centre for Food and Pesticide Control IAEA Coordinated Research Project Food Traceability and Authenticity through Isotope Ratio Techniques • 5-year project, consultancy 2010, project commencing 2011 • ~10 developing country research contracts • ~5 research agreement holders to provide advice and guidance. Meeting Consumers’ Demands • Increased global trade has made a wide variety of foods accessible to the European consumer • Consumers now expect exotic foods to be available on their supermarket shelves from langoustines…. to mangosteens They also expect their foods to be safe and traceable What is food traceability? • The ability to track any food, feed, food pr