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Safe Food, Fair Food Safe Food, Fair Food in Africa Search Menu Skip to content News feeds Photos Presentations Videos Menu Skip to content Home About Partners Resources Web links Communication tools Team Project office staff Students in phase 1 (2008-2011) Students in phase 2 (2012-2015) Coordinators Food safety in informal markets Contact ILRI blogs Africa RISING African chicken genetics AgHealth AVCD Kenya Botswana livestock CGIAR research program on livestock CGIAR research program on livestock and fish CGIAR systemwide livestock programme Crop-livestock Burundi and DRC Feeding innovation ILRI Asia ILRI BioSciences ILRI clippings ILRI livelihoods, gender and impact ILRI news ILVAC – livestock vaccines Index-based livestock insurance IPMS Ethiopia LIVES-Ethiopia Livestock systems and the environment Maarifa – ILRI communications and KM Mazingira centre Safe food fair food Senegal dairy genetics Swaziland beef Vietnam pigs Zoonotic and emerging diseases Animal Products / Food Safety Food safety in informal markets Posted on 21 March 2013 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment Safer food can generate both health and wealth for the poor but attaining safe food and safe food production in developing countries requires a radical change in food safety assessment, management and communication. Latest Entries A4NH / Africa / Agri-Health / AHH / Animal Products / CRPs / Food Safety / Health (human) / ILRI / zoonotic diseases Why food safety in Africa’s informal markets must be driven by consumers Posted on 7 June 2019 by Kristina Rösel • Leave a comment Opinion piece by Arie Havelaar, University of Florida and Ashagrie Zewdu Woldegiorgis, Addis Ababa University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article published on #WorldFoodSafetyDay. @gatesfoundation, @DFIDAgResearch and @DFID_Research. Listeria in processed meat products from South Africa, E. Coli in romaine lettuce in the US, Salmonella in … Continue reading → A4NH / Agri-Health / AHH / Animal Products / CRPs / Food Safety / Health (human) / ILRI / zoonotic diseases Food Safety a ‘Major Public Health Issue,’ Says UF/IFAS Professor Ahead of First-Ever World Food Safety Day Posted on 6 June 2019 by Kristina Rösel • Leave a comment Written by Kirsten Romaguera, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) The World Health Organization estimates that each year, 600 million people suffer from an episode of foodborne disease, or one out of every 10 global citizens. To highlight the need for safe, accessible food worldwide, the United Nations General Council last … Continue reading → A4NH / Africa / Agri-Health / AHH / Animal Products / Burkina Faso / Countries / CRPs / East Africa / Ethiopia / Food Safety / Health (human) / ILRI / poultry / Regions / vegetables / West Africa Vacancy for a researcher on quantitative microbiological risk assessment Posted on 6 May 2019 by Kristina Rösel • Leave a comment We are looking for a researcher who is a motivated team player with a great interest in the quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA) and who has an affinity with behaviour of foodborne pathogens and cost-benefit analysis. This project is centred around the poultry and fresh vegetables chains in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia (ILRI-led Pull-Push-Project). For … Continue reading → A4NH / Africa / Agri-Health / AHH / Animal Products / Countries / CRPs / Ethiopia / Food Safety / Health (human) / ILRI / Impact Assessment / Knowledge and Information / poultry / Regions / vegetables Six-million-dollar investment to tackle the causes of foodborne disease in Ethiopia Posted on 16 February 2019 by Kristina Rösel • 1 Comment Originally posted on ILRI news : ? Principal food safety investigators conducted a press conference to launch four food safety programs in Ethiopia, 14–15 Feb 2019, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Left to right): Frank Arestrup, of the Technical University of Denmark; Kristina Rösel, of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI); Ashagri Zewdu, of Addis Ababa University; and… Agri-Health / AHH / Animal Products / Food Safety / Health (human) / ILRI Why foodborne disease is becoming a development priority—and is a solvable problem Posted on 26 November 2018 by Kristina Rösel • Leave a comment Originally posted on ILRI Clippings : The huge economic burden of foodborne disease is driven by public health not trade. This opinion piece is written by Delia Grace Randolph, joint leader of the Animal and Human Health program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and leader of the Food Safety flagship of the CGIAR Research… A4NH / Agri-Health / AHH / Animal Products / CRPs / East Africa / Food Safety / Health (human) / ILRI / Impact Assessment / poultry / Regions / West Africa Recruitment of Scientist Epidemiology for food safety risk assessment and management in informal markets in sub-Saharan Africa Posted on 18 November 2018 by Kristina Rösel • Leave a comment The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Scientist – Epidemiology to support ILRI’s growing activities in food safety risk assessment and risk management in informal markets and value chains in sub-Saharan Africa as well as improving control of transboundary animal diseases. For details visit: https://www.ilri.org/jobs?jid=28580-scientist-epidemiology Deadline: 7 December 2018 Continue reading → Africa / Agri-Health / AHH / Animal Products / Dairying / East Africa / Fish / Food Safety / Health (human) / ILRI / Regions / South East Asia / Southern Africa / West Africa / zoonotic diseases New World Bank report says food-borne illnesses cost US$ 110 billion per year in low- and middle-income countries Posted on 26 October 2018 by Kristina Rösel • Leave a comment Originally posted on AgHealth : Rinsing fresh fish in Accra, Ghana (photo credit: ILRI/Kennedy Bomfeh). A new World Bank study finds that the impact of unsafe food costs low- and middle-income economies about US$ 110 billion in lost productivity and medical expenses each year. Yet a large proportion of these costs could be avoided by adopting… Post navigation ← Older posts In addition to organizations recognized for specific projects and outputs, we thank all donors which globally supported the work of ILRI and its partners through their contributions to the CGIAR system Welcome Welcome to the blog on food safety in informal markets in developing countries. Our vision is to improve the livelihoods of the poor by reducing the health risks associated with animal sourced food and by improving nutrition and market access for smallholders. Subscribe to updates Subscribe by email Subscribe to newsfeed Recent Comments Abebe on Six-million-dollar investment to tackle the causes of foodborne disease in Ethiopia Dr. B. A. 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