WHO Resolution for Food Contamination #1

WHO
Food Contamination
Sponsors: Pakistan, Libya, United Kingdom, France, Chile, Venezuela, Tanzania, Romania, Vietnam
Signatories: Netherlands, Armenia, Sweden, South Africa, Indonesia, South Korea, Chad, Cuba

To the World Health Organization,

Noting that the contamination of food is a serious issue in both developing and developed nations,

Aware that there are 200 known diseases concerning food contamination,

Alarmed of the fact that over 75% of new infectious diseases have been caused by bacteria and viruses,

1. Urges strict regulations on exports by:
A. Radiofrequency testing to detect harmful chemicals and ATP testing,
i. To be conducted at packaging factories; food products;
ii. To be mandatory for all;
iii. To ensure chemicals from the manufacturing plants do not lack into the foods as well as other chemicals;

2. Encourages the widespread implementation of the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system with increased production and safety regulations by:
A. Issuing Food Safety Certifications (FSCs) by WHO and FAO to be granted to production and distribution industries and companies indicating safe technology and contaminant levels as defined by:
i. The Codex Alimentarius Commission procedural and safe food production standards,
ii. The National Sanitation Foundation International providing standard development and product certification for the past 60 years;

3. Supports the further development of pasteurization and irradiation facilities for both import and export food products in both developed and developing nations;

4. Promotes the further research by WHO, FAO, and regional scientific teams and organizations to:
A. Address and research biotechnological processes and threats within nations,
B. Be funded by countries developing biotechnological programs as well as UN Program on Food Security and International NGO's organized by a direct and effective funding consortium;

5. Suggests stricter market regulations surveyed by each nation in coherence with the HACCP system including the use of:
A. Solar-powered photovoltaic (PC) refrigerators,
B. Other means of safe storage and transportation methods as stated below by colume pruchasing funded economies of scale;

6. Urges the further utilization of the GEMS, FAO Special Program for Food Security (SPFS), and INFOSAN for itnernational cooperative contaminated food recalls to go hand in hand with existing UN distribution services and the UN World Food Programme (WFP);

7. Proposes an NGO consortium to organize the funding and activites of the numerous NGO's involved in addressing global food issues and distribution in order to organize all funding efforts and food distribution processes in the advancement of addressing food contamination;

8. Recommends that nations utilize Genetic Modification Classification (GMC) labels on genetically modified foods by:
A. Ranking them 1-5 with:
i. Rank 1 being foods created through genetic modifications,
ii. Rank 2 being foods with heavy modiciation in which over 50% of the substance has been altered,
iii. Rank 3 being foods 20-50% modified,
iv. Rank 4 containing 5-20% of substance altered,
v. Rank 5 being foods with minimal contamination levels below 5%;

9. Calls upon the auditing of food producing corporations though:
A. The Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) which will conduct audits on all levels of manufacturing,
B. The FAO will provide expertise to recognize the various circumstances of food contaminations,
C. The World Trade Organization (WTO) to notify nations and other corporations of any negative results seen from audits.
D. Utilizes the research facilities for the purpose of creating a hierachy system of foods, those founds to have the highest food contamination will be at the top of such hierarchy in the threat labeling system;

10. Supports the expanded distribution of UN feed which is composed of corn meal, wheat, barley, and several other organic ingredients to provide nutrition to conflict and food shortage areas including Somalia and Congo in recent years;

11. Adopts the formation of Organization such as GEMS to:
A. Contain health related and statistical information and data from WHO SIGHT,
i. A summary of Information on global health trends,
B. Using data to contain the contaminants of individual foods and food groups;

12. Requests the implementation of regional organizations that are responsible for
A. Monitoring and focusing on chemical and bacterial substances and levels,
B. Enforcement of rules and standards regarding foos storage;

13. Supports the usage of insurance offered to companies by insurance agencies allowing the companies not to go into an economic downfall due to food recalls;

14. Recommends that developed countries establish a laboratory response network that will be effective with the establishment of over 150 laboratories for effective communications and quick response to outbreaks,