[Vision2020] Globaql Food Safety Fund

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>From The December.January issue of Food Safety. The Grocery Manufactures AQssociation joined U. S. Government and World Bank officials in announcing an innovative public-private partnership that has pledged $1million toward the creation of the world's first Global Safety Fund. to be managed by the World  bank. The fund is expected to grow to $15 to $20 million  in the first decade. They will address high priority food hazards, such as aflatoxin in grain, Salmonella, Literia, Escherichia coli, and viral and bacterial pathogens in seafood. They will also strengthen testing and other problems involved with food safety.
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