Public Health and veterinary officials from fifteen Caricom countries are receiving food safety training at the Joint FAO/Switzerland Caribbean Food Safety Capacity Building Workshop on Foods of Animal Origin which is underway at the CoCo Palm Resort in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia.
According to a press release from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the workshop is organized by FAO and the Government of Switzerland, in close collaboration with the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA), the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Co-operatives of St. Lucia and the World Health Organisation.
“Food safety begins with robust food laws and regulations which must be implemented by all stakeholders in the