Food Safety, Traditional Markets, and Consumer Demand in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Landscape Synthesis
The scope of this review focused on traditional markets, which provide millions of people with nutrient-rich commodities like animal-source foods and fresh produce. However, these same foods are the leading cause of foodborne disease globally. The research, based on insights from 11 literature reviews, revealed that there is a strong connection between food safety, nutrition, and health. To address these issues, a food systems approach is required.
Food Safety: The Biggest Development Challenge You’ve Never Heard Of
Virtual, Global
On October 31, join us for this exclusive, virtual screening and fireside chat of EatSafe’s latest film, Food Safety: The Biggest Development Challenge You’ve Never Heard Of.
Where supply and demand meet: how consumer and vendor interactions create a market, a Nigerian example
In this paper, EatSafe examines the process of “making a market” through a case study of vendors and consumers, using in-depth interviews, in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria. Results demonstrate that market transactions are influenced by a complex interaction of vendors’ norms on competition and collaboration, consumers’ needs for credit amid unpredictable prices and restrictive gender norms, and a “moral economy” that appears to guide market actors’ behavior.
EatSafe Interventions in Ethiopia
To increase consumer demand for improved food safety, EatSafe is testing three interventions that seek to change consumers and vendor behaviors in a traditional food market in Hawassa, Ethiopia.
Perspectives on food safety across traditional market supply chains in Nigeria
EatSafe interviewed producers, processors, transporters, storage providers, and wholesalers of six food commodities to understand perceptions and actions related to food safety hazards across Nigerian food supply chains.
EatSafe in Ethiopia Celebrates World Food Safety Day
At an event of over 80 participants, EatSafe in Ethiopia commemorated World Food Safety Day and its 2023 theme, food standards save lives.
In the pursuit of improved nutrition, food safety is a non-negotiable
GAIN’s mission is to improve the consumption of nutritious and safe food for all people, especially those most vulnerable to malnutrition. As a nutrition organisation, we understand food safety to be a core component of our mission and our ability to achieve healthier diets. Safe food is essential for food security and nutrition, and it affects everything from what consumers eat, to their livelihoods, and their families’ health.
Interview Cruncher - Beyond Compliance: Food Safety Standards Save Lives
Join us for an in-depth discussion of the critical role that food standards play in ensuring food safety beyond basic compliance. This year’s theme is Food standards save lives.
Food standards save lives
Online Webinar, Global
On 7 June, World Food Safety Day, FAO and WHO will host a hybrid high-level event where participants can learn how food safety standards contribute to saving lives. The event will expand on this year’s theme for World Food Safety Day, "Food standards save lives".