Under the plan, ASEAN's economic integration. Food safety is considered the key points the order by in the last several years ago. ASEAN has taken to strengthen the system and procedures to control the quality of the food. To promote the movement, in accordance with international standards, quality food, and more free. Food and agricultural products to the ASEAN's global quality standards will help improve the competitiveness of ASEAN in the global market. ASEAN therefore focused subject, adjust the weld quality and standards. The certification of food safety, including the preparation of food and agricultural product certification system, the same standard.
For this reason, in recent years, ASEAN has 2549 (2006) a good agriculture practices of ASEAN for fresh fruits and vegetables or as a standards GAP for ASEAN production. Harvest and postharvest handling of fruits and vegetables in ASEAN. In accordance with that stated in the ASEAN goal GAP to ensure that fruits and vegetables produced in ASEAN are safe to eat, and appropriate quality. In addition, the GAP to the ASEAN to ensure that food is produced and handled in a way that does not harm the environment, including health, safety and welfare of workers in agriculture and food.
The count so far. ASEAN has set a standard for the maximum value of toxic residues for pesticides, as well as standard 61 type 775, certified agricultural products of ASEAN. Mango, durian, papaya, pineapple, grapefruit and for Rambutan. In addition, ASEAN, ASEAN standards for animal vaccination and certification criteria in the standard, 49 made livestock certification criteria and criteria 13 item 3 to the standard criteria of livestock that ASEAN's incorporation.
Best progress in agricultural and fishing branch is the ASEAN is currently strengthening the network testing food produced from genetically modified plants. The development of guidelines on good management for the shrimp. To develop precautions for fishermen who have responsibilities and operation according to the system of hazard analysis and critical Control Point Hazard Analysis and Critical Control (HACCP) in the production of seafood and fishery products.
All this. ASEAN has established a network of non-khaiklang. ASEAN food disasters (ASEAN Food Safety Network) to government officials of ASEAN member countries have exchanged information on food safety.