HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 7 (ACN) Food safety is a priority for Cuba, as a developing country, through the implementation of measures and actions to ensure food safety, human health and prevent losses to the economy.
This June 7, proclaimed World Food Safety Day by the United Nations, the country joins the call to raise awareness of the necessity to promote actions for prevention, detection and management of risks transmitted by foodstuffs.
On this issue, Dr. Mayda Marti Perez, head of the National Department of Food Hygiene and Nutrition of the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap), told the Cuban News Agency that a joint work is carried out between the agriculture, industry, commerce and environment agencies for the growing development in standardization, legislation and harmonization of sanitary norms.
The supply chain has become more complex, any adverse incident related to food safety can have negative effects on health and the