This new PROSAFE Regional Training Program (RTP) aims is to strengthen the food safety market surveillance capacity of CLMV authorities in facilitating the domestic and international agri-food trade. The course will provide discussions on: the types of food safety market surveillance; how to access information to determine appropriate surveillance approach; and strategies on integrating surveillance data to assess and monitor the effectiveness of the national food control system. 

Target participants:

The primary audience for this manual is food control agencies from farm to table, such as surveillance and response staff, laboratory staff and food safety staff, who are usually located within the Ministries of Health, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. This training program is also useful to institutes of higher learning seeking to support competent authorities in the strengthening of food control system. Development agencies working on food control system, agri-food trade facilitation agencies may find this training useful. The course will be conducted in English. 

Venue: Mekong Institute, Khon Kaen, Thailand.

Deadline of Application: January 16 , 2023

For more information, please contact Ms. Jutamas Thongcharoen, Program Manager and Training Course Leader, at jutamas@mekonginstitute.org and copy Ms. Maria Theresa S. Medialdia, Director, Agricultural Development and Commercialization Department, at maria@mekonginstitute.org.