ISSUE 03 | JULY 2016
Food Quality Magazine
environmental sustainability. The Organization’s programmatic focus is
structured in three thematic priorities, each of which represents different aspects of inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID)
– creating shared prosperity, advancing economic competitiveness
and safeguarding the environment.
Each of these programmatic fields
of activity contains a number of individual programmes, which are
implemented in a holistic manner
to achieve effective outcomes and
impacts through UNIDO’s four
enabling functions: (i) technical
cooperation; (ii) analytical and re-
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search functions and policy advisory services; (iii) normative functions
and standards and quality-related
activities; and (iv) convening and
partnerships for knowledge transfer,
networking and industrial cooperation.
The Global Food Safety Initiative
(GFSI) brings together key actors of
the food industry to collaboratively drive continuous improvement in
food safety management systems
around the world. With a vision of
Safe food for consumers everywhere, food industry leaders created
GFSI in 2000 to find collaborative
solutions to collective concerns,
notably to reduce food safety risks,
audit duplication and costs while
building trust throughout the supply
chain. The GFSI community works on
a volunteer basis and is composed
of the world‘s leading food safety
experts from retail, manufacturing
and food service companies, as well
as international organisations, governments, academia and service
providers to the global food industry.
GFSI is powered by The Consumer
Goods Forum (CGF), a global industry network working to support Better
Lives Through Better Business.