IFT To Work With U.N. Agency To Improve Global Food Safety, Security, Supply

The Institute of Food Technologists has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a U.N. agency to improve cooperation in “preventing and redressing the increased risks association with food safety and quality,” the IFT said in a statement. The mandate of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is to raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of rural populations and contribute to world economy growth. According to the IFT, global food safety is essential to global food security, and through the MOU IFT hopes put its scientific and technical expertise to work toward achieving those goals.