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The Department of Food and Drug Administration (Burmese: အစားအသောက်နှင့် ဆေးဝါးကွပ်ကဲရေး ဦးစီးဌာန; abbreviated FDA) is Burma's food safety regulatory body, which oversees the safety and quality of food, drugs, medical devices and cosmetics. [1] FDA was established in ...
The Food and Drug Board of Authority (Burmese: အစားအသောက်နှင့် ဆေးဝါးကွပ်ကဲရေး ဦးစီးဌာန; abbreviated FDBA) is Burma's national regulatory agency, responsible for regulation of therapeutic goods, including the manufacture, import, export, storage, distribution and sale of food and drugs, in the interests of public ...
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The United Nations World Food Programme in Burma supplies the needy in Burma with food and supplies. Headed by Bhim Udas, the WFP in Burma provides food supplies consisting of rice , pulses and, iodized salt , and oil , particularly the poor and vulnerable in the northern Rakhine and Shan states of the country and the Magwe Division. [ 1 ]
Meanwhile, food production in the state has plummeted, with farmers predicting a 50% drop in this year’s rice harvest, independent Myanmar news outlet The Irrawaddy reported.
Agriculture in Myanmar (also known as Burma) is the main industry in the country, accounting for 60 percent of the GDP and employing some 65 percent of the labour force. [1] Burma was once Asia's largest exporter of rice , [ 2 ] and rice remains the country's most crucial agricultural commodity.
The Codex Alimentarius (Latin for 'Food Code') is a collection of internationally recognized standards, codes of practice, guidelines, and other recommendations published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations relating to food, food production, food labeling, and food safety.
According to the FDA, the Food Code "is a model that assists food control jurisdictions at all levels of government by providing them with a scientifically sound technical and legal basis for regulating the retail and food service segment of the industry (restaurants and grocery stores and institutions such as nursing homes)" [1] and "establishes sound requirements that prevent foodborne ...