01. Development of Agro-food Safety Management Technologies
- Due to scandals over substandard or harmful agro-foods such as the melamine outbreak, a mass outbreak of food poisoning at schools, and lead-infected crab from China, it is necessary to develop a system for agro-food safety control from farm to fork and applicable research for the production of safe agro-foods.
- The goals of the agenda are to establish a system to control hazardous substances and microorganisms for agro-food safety from farm to table. The ratio of inferior agricultural production will be 1.1% by 2012, down from 2.1% in 2007. A standard control system and the practical guidance of the GAP and HACCP will be established for 1,120 agro-food production centers and five groups of agro-food production centers in 2012 although they have been set for 780 and one for 2008, respectively. The agenda will include research to support the techniques of control systems such as the GAP, HACCP, and traceability; to establish a control system for hazardous substances and microorganisms; and to develop techniques for agro-food safety from farm to fork. The participating institutes will be the National Academy of Agricultural Science, the National Institute of Animal Science, the National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, Agricultural Research & Extension Services, the Agricultural Technology Center, universities, and other national institutes. The figure below shows the cooperation strategy and research needed for this agenda to succeed.
- The results of the agenda will facilitate the increase of income and profits in agricultural and agro-food industries due to the recovery of the credibility of our agricultural products and the promotion of health due to the consumption of good and safe agricultural products.
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