: By 2025, WHO will set up a network of laboratories, as well as identify especially the identification of regional hubs, to support countries in various regions to implement compliance and enforcement of national regulatory and policy actions to improve food environment and promote safe and healthy diets
Description
The work will be implemented in close consultation with World Health Organisation (WHO) regional and country offices, as well as with national governments and other relevant partners and experts (eg, laboratory experts). This collaboration will help identify relevant and qualified laboratories that will be able to implement the assessment and analysis in accordance with WHO’s requirements, such as the WHO global protocol for trans-fatty acid (TFA) assessment in food.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Regulation for food environment
Description
Over the next four years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) commits to accelerating actions that support countries in developing regulatory and policy measures. It will do this by providing evidence-informed guidance and strengthening national regulatory and food control system capacities (including laboratory capacities) to implement compliance, monitoring and enforcement to improve the food environment and promote safe and healthy diets for all.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Unverified
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| SMARTness index |
Lower moderate
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Details
| Global nutrition target(s) |
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
Salt/sodium intake
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Enabling >
Leadership and governance
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Identification of laboratories as regional hubs and establishment of a laboratory network |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | No | 2021 |
| Target | Yes | December 2025 |
