Most Central Asian countries have broken food safety control systems, finds paper
- January 17, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Most Central Asian countries have broken food safety control systems, finds paper
Subject: International relations
Section :Groupings
Context:
- The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) region faces severe food safety challenges due to fractured safety control systems, according to Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s working paper.
About the report:
- Report title: Strengthening Food Safety Systems in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries: Current Status, Framework, and Forward Strategies.
- Published by: Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Highlights of report findings:
- Microbial contamination, excessive food additives and excessive drug residues are the major food safety challenges.
- These food safety issues cannot realistically be entirely eliminated — food safety will remain a long-term effort in China until the production system of agriculture and food processing industries has been greatly improved.
- Regarding international trade among CAREC member countries (CMCs), both food exports and imports account for about 90 per cent of total agricultural trade.
Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC):
- CAREC is an Asian Development Bank (ADB)–supported initiative.
- Created in 1997 to encourage economic cooperation among countries in the region.
- Countries include: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Mongolia and China are a part of it.
- Goal: To accelerate economic growth and poverty reduction in member countries.