Nuclear Energy Handbook

FAO/IAEA Training & Reference Centre for Food and Pesticide Control

external URL: http://www.iaea.org/trc/

The implementation of international standards/guidelines and recommendations to ensure the quality and safety of food, particularly under the provisions of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) - being enforced by the World Trade Organization, requires suitable laboratory facilities and adequately trained personnel to monitor the wide range of potential microbiological and chemical food contamination. Similarly, the enforcement of pesticide control legislation and international agreements, in particular the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides, requires analytical facilities to monitor the quality of pesticide products in trade and the level of pesticide residues in food and in the environment.
URL: http://www.iaea.org/trc/
language: English
originator: International Atomic Energy Agency | Austria
access: open to the general public
type of data: textual information
type of site: non-commercial site
subject category: health and safety aspects | nuclear techniques in food and agriculture
INIS/ETDE category: basic and applied life sciences
keywords: environment | health and safety