Codex Alimentarius: FAO releases a report on food safety implications of environmental inhibitors
FAO has published a report called Food safety implications from the use of environmental inhibitors in agrifood systems which offers an overview of substances that are used to reduce methane emissions from livestock and limit the loss of nitrogen from farmlands and pastures. The report focuses on their possible food safety-related concerns and gives examples of legal frameworks regulating these compounds at national and regional level. It also highlights regulatory needs and steps to move forward.
This publication falls within the FAO Food Safety Foresight Programme that seeks to identify and monitor emerging food safety issues in rapidly evolving agrifood systems.
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations