Goal
By 2025, WHO will support 20 countries in strengthening national regulatory and food control system capacities (including laboratory capacities) to implement compliance and enforcement of their policy actions to improve food environment and promote safe and healthy diets
Regulation for food environment
World Health Organization
| Verification status | Find out more |
|---|---|
| NAF SMARTness index | Upper moderate Find out more |
| Targeted location | Global - |
| Targeted population | Overall population (all ages, both sexes) |
| Primary indicator | Number of countries received WHO's support in strengthening their regulatory and food control system capacities (including laboratory capacities) |
| Primary indicator baseline | 0 |
| Primary indicator target | 20 countries supported by WHO in strengthening national regulatory and food control system capacities (including laboratory capacities) to implement compliance and enforcement of their policy actions to improve food environment and promote safe and healthy diets |
| Duration | January, 2022 - December, 2025 |
Goal action plan
The work will be implemented in close consultation with the WHO Regional and Country Offices as well as other relevant partners and stakeholders as necessary in identifying priority countries to target in providing accelerated support for strengthening national regulatory and food control system capacities (including laboratory capacities) to achieve improved implementation of compliance and enforcement of national policy actions to improve food environment and promote safe and healthy diets
Nutrition Action Classification
Enabling
- Financial
- Operational
- Leadership and governance
- Research monitoring and data
Policy
- Food environment
- Food supply chain
- Consumer knowledge
- Nutrition care services
Impact
- Undernutrition
- Diet
- Obesity and diet-related NCDs
- Food and nutrition security
