FDA and Asia-Pacific Colleagues Focus on Food Safety

In the alphabet soup of international affairs— UN, NATO, WTO— APEC is perhaps one of the lesser-known entities. In FDA’s world, APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), which focuses on facilitating economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region, is a significant focus of collaboration in the area of food safety.

In September, FDA joined colleagues for APEC food safety meetings in Beijing, China. Because of the importance of building the capacity for food safety perceptions in China and the region, China hosted a "Special Session" of FSCF to consider progress from technical working groups on export certificates and maximum residue limits of pesticide in food products. There was also a meeting called the "High-Level Regulator Industry Dialogue" to spotlight numerous cooperative ventures between the private and public sectors. This overview of APEC projects gave FDA a sense of how well the regions' economies function together.

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