WHO Resolution for Food Contamination #2

World Health Organization
Food Contamination
Panama, Bangladesh, Yemen, Qatar, Netherlands, Sweden, Armenia, Iran, Indonesia, South Korea, Pakistan, Poland, United States, Burkina Faso, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Spain

The General Assembly

Recognizing INFOSAN's (International Food Safety Authorities Network) success of gaining 140 member nations to join in just one year between 2004-2005,

Noting that food contamination causes 1.5 million deaths annually,

Recalling the recent melamine incident in 2008 in which Chinese producers diluted the milk to increase protein levels causing a massive global recall,

1. Recommends the use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) to trace original makers easily, locate, and identify contaminants in the market:
a. RFID consists of an antenna and transceiver that can be tracked using radio waves;
b. RFID is an object that can be incorporated into product;
c. Tags could trace history of food package's every ingredient, with readers scanning them quickly and giving them to investigators quickly;
d. RFID can stop the spread of food contaminants to ensure food safety and gets rid of food contamination as well as bioterrorism threats;

2. Suggests the strengthening of the food industry by increasing the use of food labels with regards to:
a. Description of factual food types, ingredients, weight/volume, and the producer's name and address;
b. Chilled, deep-frozen, and prepackaged foods;
c. Storage directions, packaging date, and sell-by-date;

3. Urges the WHO to conduct random food inspections on food companies from farm to fork to check for illegal actions to food contamination;

4. Considers the effects pollution has on the contamination of crops;

5. Emphasizes the need for water purification by applying the safe water system by:
a. UV purifiers,
b. Water tablets,
c. Larger water purifying pumps provided by Play Pumps International,
d. Ensuring that the water used to feed our livestock is safe and pure,
e. Instituting current purifying systems to prevent materials from iron pipes do not get into or attain bacteria from sewage;

6. Emphasizing the need to implement Emergency Response Management Programs in different organization hat:
a. Specialize in food safety that deals with:
i. Prevention
ii. Detection
iii. Response
iv. Recovery
b. Work towards the purposes of:
i. Preventing proliferation of contaminated food
ii. Ensuring public health safety
iii.Facilitating food recalls
iv. Supporting international cooperation
v. Enhancing protection of the food industry

7. Encourages implementation of food control safety systems assigned the task of:
a. Monitoring
b. Assessing
c. Evaluating

8. Emphasizes the use of the World Food Safety Organization (WFSO) in the enforcement of the HACCP system and implementing the system into regulation standards with the WFSO by providing:
a. Information, education, networking for food practitioners
b. Accredited training program
c. A register of accredited consultants and auditors
d. Criteria for measuring an effective Food Safety Management system
e. Platform for all Food Agencies to jointly develop an International Food Safety

9. Supports the implementation of a monitoring system that will regularly and randomly inspect factories and manufacturing locations that handle, package, and process foods in order to ensure cleanliness, sanitation, and other health expectations that can be agreed upon by the majority of nations;

10. Endorses that the FAO assists nations or regions in establishing their own governmentally or inter-governmentally regulated Food and Drug Administration which regulated the safety of the food products in the nation or region

11. Encourages the regional establishment of research programs targeting bacteria and mineral, modeled after Bangladesh's current organization and collaboration with Australia Aid.

12. Calls upon funding for the infrastructure for water sanitation from:
a. UN water
b. Contributions from developed nations
c. World Bank
d. Regional Arsenic Mitigation program and other NGO's

Signatories:
Vietnam, South Africa, Spain, Croatia, United Kingdom, Japan