date:Mar 17, 2014
ke, F.A.O. senior food safety officer in charge of the survey. But because trade disruptions may be very costly and given the reported increase in the occurrence of these disruptions, F.A.O. conducted this survey and is holding a technical consultation to try to start a dialogue between countries on the issue.
According to the F.A.O., the incidents have led to trade disruptions in which importing countries blocked shipments of grain, cereal and other crops. The shipments then were destroyed or