USEFUL WEBSITES

Euro-Retailer Produce Working Group (EUREP) in the "EUREP GAP Protocol 2000" (www.eurep.org)

International HACCP Alliance (www.haccpalliance.org) was developed on 25 March 1994 to provide a uniform programme to assure safer meat and poultry products. It is housed within the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University and is a source of comprehensive information on HACCP.

World Trade Organization (WTO) (www.wto.org)is the organization/body/vehicle which administers disputes under the Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.

Food and Agriculture Organization Websites

The Food Quality and Standards Service (www.fao.org/
waicent/faoinfo/economic/dept/es960003.htm) is concerned with the maintenance and improvement of the quality and safety of foods at the international, regional and national levels.

Codex Alimentarius Commission (www.fao.org/WAICENT/
faoinfo/ economic/ESN/codex/Default.htm) provides information about the Codex Alimentarius and the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme.

International Trade and Technical Assistance

The Uruguay Round Agreements (of the WTO) represent a milestone in the multilateral trading system: for the first time, agriculture has been incorporated under operationally effective rules and disciplines. The Uruguay Round commitments in agriculture, forestry and fisheries cover improved market access and disciplines on domestic support and export subsidies. The FAO website on the Uruguay Round talks and FAO technical assistance on trade is (www.fao.org/ur)

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (www.iso.ch) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 130 countries, one from each country. The mission of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing co-operation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity.

World Health Organization (WHO) Food Safety Unit (www.who.int/fsf/index.htm) covers all aspects of food safety and provides information on the following:

• Food safety programme;
• Chemical contaminants in food
• Foods derived from modern biotechnology;
• Microbiological risk assessment;
• Codex Alimentarius;
• Publications and documents;
• Documents on-line;
• Related links.

International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) (www.ilsi.org) is a worldwide foundation that advances the understanding of scientific issues related to nutrition, food safety, toxicology, and the environment.