It promotes the fair trade in food tat makes a positive contribution to consumers life and health.
The FAO and WHO have joined forces in a common food standards programme.
This programme provide the international formulated standards for risk assessment through the Codex Alimnetarius.
The risk assessment as a science based process consisting of four steps: (1) Hazard identification, (2) Hazard characterisation, (3) Exposure assessment and (4) Risk characterization.