Strengthening food safety in Sri Lanka

Food business operators along the supply chain need to invest in upgrading food safety conditions, and sustain the higher operating costs associated with food safety management systems. UNIDO presents a clear economic rationale for investment in the food industry towards this end.

Helping developing countries get up to speed on food safety standards

Contaminated food causes 600 million cases of foodborne disease a year and over 400,000 deaths, demonstrating the clear connection between food safety and public health. Yet the importance of food safety goes beyond direct impacts on health. It is also fundamental for developing market economies, maintaining livelihoods, and increasing trade – especially for developing countries trying to break into growing global markets in food and agriculture.

Digging deep into Suriname’s pineapple belt transformation

Dotted with neat rows of green-fringed pineapple crowns, the village of Philipusdorp is one of a number of rural areas across Suriname undergoing an agricultural transformation with the support of United Nations partner agencies.