New trends of management in the chain of food quality and safety

Abstract

indigenous communities and pregnant women and children are particularly vulnerableto pesticide exposure and require special protections. In this context, it remainsnecessary tocompare different farming systems and to evaluate the benefits of sustainable growing technologies and methods usedforthe improvement of food qualityand safety. A strong belief in the abilityto produce natural and healthyproducts, especially developed in anorganic, biodynamicsystems, comes from the modern consumer who tends to prioritize natural methods in agriculture. In order to compete in the global market, to ensure the long-term viability of the country's economy and stability, it is necessary to produce food products of high-value and an exceptional quality. Ensuring that nutritious food and water is available, accessible and affordable for all. It involves reducing hunger and malnutrition, ensuring high levels of food safety and traceability, reducing the incidence of non-communicable diet-related diseases, and helping all citizens and consumers adopt sustainable and healthy diets for good health and wellbeing. In the high-level Event, (12-13 October 2016, Brussels FOOD 2030: Research & Innovation for Tomorrow's Nutrition & Food Systems) one of the identified Food and Nutrition Security priorities was CLIMATE – the use of smart and environmentally sustainable food systems. In this context the natural resources (water, soil, land and sea) should be used sustainably within the planetary boundaries, so it could be available to future generations. The causes of soil destruction include chemical-heavy farming techniques, deforestation which increases erosion, and global warming. The earth under our feet is too often ignored by policymakers. "Soils are the basis of life," said Semedo, FAO's deputy director general of natural resources. "Ninety five percent of our food comes from the soil." Unless new approaches are adopted, the global amount of arable and productive land per person in 2050 will be only a quarter of the level in 1960, the FAO reported, due to growing populations and soil degradation. Soils play a key role in absorbing carbon and filtering water but soil destruction creates a vicious cycle, in which less carbon is stored, the world gets hotter, and the land is further degraded. Widely divergent standards of production, use and protection from hazardous pesticides in different countries are creating double standards, which are having a serious impact on human rights (Special Rapporteurs Hilal Elver, Baskut Tuncak GENEVA, 7 March 2017). The Special Rapporteurs pointed to research showing that pesticides were responsible for an estimated 200,000 acute poisoning deaths each year. The overwhelming number of fatalities, some 99%, occurred in developing countries where health, safety and environmental regulations were weaker. Chronic exposure to pesticides has been linked to cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, hormone disruption, developmental disorders and sterility. Farmers and agricultural workers, communities living near plantations