![]() ![]() This year's WFSD theme, "food standards save lives," 3 goes to the very heart of Codex work. An example of this process in action involves JECFA performing risk assessments upon which the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food (CCCF) makes risk management decisions that are ultimately adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). These risk assessments form the basis for international food standards. International risk assessment bodies such as the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA), and Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR) bring together FAO and WHO to provide independent risk assessments based on the best available science. ![]() We work with a multitude of partners, starting from WHO, with whom we have a longstanding partnership covering all aspects of food safety. As we have recently articulated in the "FAO Strategic Priorities for Food Safety," 2 our mission is to "support Members in continuing to improve food safety at all levels by providing scientific advice and strengthening their food safety capacities for more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agri-food systems." Of course, we cannot achieve this alone. Keeping food safe from farm to table is, in fact, a complex process that requires everyone in the agri-food system to play their roles-from policymakers and regulators to food manufacturers, processors, retailers, and consumers. "Food safety is everyone’s business." The WFSD motto emphasizes how food safety is truly a shared responsibility, as we all need to do our part. It also plays a key role supporting economic growth and facilitating international trade. Even though WFSD comes along once a year, food safety must be protected year-round to continue promoting good health and sufficient food for all. WFSD is an important recognition for the fundamental role of food safety in achieving food security, as well as its centrality in the agri-food system. After the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed their support for such a day in 2017, and through the efforts of the government of Costa Rica, the UN General Assembly formally designated June 7 as World Food Safety Day by adopting resolution 73/250 1 in December 2018. The journey to dedicate a day to raising awareness about the importance of food safety started in 2016, when the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its 39 th meeting unanimously agreed to promote a proposal to declare a permanent day for World Food Safety Day within the United Nations (UN) framework. The most recent ICP results are available for the ICP 2017 cycle, with the ongoing cycle benchmarked to 2021.This year marks the fifth celebration of World Food Safety Day (WFSD), which takes place every year on June 7. These data are benchmarked to a reference year for each comparison cycle. ![]() PPPs are calculated by the ICP based on the prices of items within a common basket of goods and services and expenditure shares, used as expenditure weights, on groups of items in each of the participating economies. PPP-based comparisons are also less impacted by the potential volatility of market exchange rates. PPP-based comparisons of economic output differ from market exchange rate-based comparisons as the latter do not distinguish between the relative price levels of different items in economies. They provide a measure of what an economy’s local currency can buy in another economy. PPPs convert different currencies to a common currency and, in the process of conversion, equalize their purchasing power by controlling for differences in price levels between economies. (ii) to convert volume and per capita measures of gross domestic product (GDP) and its expenditure components into a common currency using PPPs. (i) to produce purchasing power parities (PPPs) and comparable price level indexes (PLIs) for participating economies and ![]() It is managed by the World Bank under the auspices of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC), and relies on a partnership of international, regional, sub-regional, and national agencies working under a robust governance framework and following an established statistical methodology. At its forty-seventh session, in March 2016, the UNSC instituted the ICP as a permanent element of the global statistical programme. The International Comparison Program (ICP) is one of the largest, and most enduring, statistical initiatives in the world. About the International Comparison Program (ICP) ![]()
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