Vietnam: Agri-Food Safety Project (AFSP)

dropped

The project would support food safety management along the entire value chain (from production to consumption), help build andapply evidence-based approaches, and emphasize preventive measures for assessing, managing, and communicating food safety risks.Capacity strengthening would cover both the public and private sectors and the project would support a multidimensional program ofoutreach and communications with consumers. An integrated approach would be taken, with the project supporting upgrades ofimportant market infrastructure, the strengthening of food safety regulatory oversight capacity, and the promotion of improvedfarmer and food system operator practices, especially for higher value, perishable, food safety -sensitive foods. In the proposedproject, emphasis will be placed on the value chains for vegetables, meat, and fish given the serious food safety hazards presentin those value chains plus the strong potential for market growth for these fresh foods.