Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Expand Trade and Ensure Food Safety

Download or read book Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Expand Trade and Ensure Food Safety written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in partnership with the ADB Institute, the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Institute, and the European Union's Support to Modernization of Mongolia Standardization System Project, organized and conducted a second annual Learning Opportunity focused on best practices in the area of integrated trade facilitation, one of the activities implementing the refined CAREC Trade and Transport Facilitation Strategy 2020. The Learning Opportunity brought together several of the key international institutions involved in sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) modernization, including the World Trade Organization (WTO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), ADB, and the European Union. This report summarizes the knowledge shared and obtained by government officials and private sector representatives from CAREC member countries.