Food Safety Attitudes and Practices in Traditional Markets in Nigeria: A Quantitative Formative Assessment
To understand knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to food safety behaviors, EatSafe surveyed nearly 1,000 consumers and vendors in Kebbi State, Nigeria, as well as structured observations of vendor behaviors.
GAIN Statement @ World Health Assembly 75
Today GAIN presents its statement on food safety to the 75th World Health Assembly taking place in Geneva. GAIN aims to make nutritious safe foods more desirable, available, and affordable for all. The new WHO global strategy for food safety launched today is an important milestone in linking the objectives of food safety, nutrition, and smart development, for if food isn’t safe, it isn’t food.
EatSafe's WHO Health Talk: Enabling Safer Food in Traditional Markets
Virtual, Global
Creating the enabling environment to adopt new tools and approaches to improve food safety in traditional markets can help decrease the burden of foodborne disease. This webinar is one of several Health Talks presented by the World Health Organization in celebration of World Food Safety Day 2022.
USAID Launches $5.9 Million Food Safety Program in Ethiopia
USAID has launched a new five-year program to improve food safety in Ethiopia. EatSafe: Evidence and Action Towards Safe Nutritious Food is a new program of United States Agency for International Development’s Feed The Future Initiative
Review of Foodborne Hazards in Foods and Beverages Consumed in Ethiopia
EatSafe conducted a review on published articles of foodborne hazards present in foods and beverages commonly bought and sold in traditional food markets in Ethiopia.
Food Safety Policy and Regulation in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s 2018 Food and Nutrition Policy cited food safety as critical to improving nutrition and public health, though responsibility for implementation remains spread across a dozen federal governing bodies. Regulations also omit traditional markets where many Ethiopians procure food, increasing food safety risks.
Food Safety Policy in Nigeria
In Nigeria, recent regulatory efforts to prioritize food safety resulted in the draft National Food Safety and Quality Bill, which has yet to be enacted into law and currently awaits a final reading by Nigeria’s 9th National Assembly.
Welcoming Wubet Girma - the new GAIN Ethiopia Country Director
GAIN is delighted to welcome Ms. Wubet Girma as the new Country Director, Ethiopia. Ms. Girma is an international development and cultural relations professional with over 15 years' experience, a track record of leadership in Non-Governmental Organisations - vested in the acceleration of human, social, and economic capital.