PHNOM PENH Lorenzo Carter Jersey , Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Agriculture ministers in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) endorsed a five-year strategy and action plan to build a regional food safety system on Friday during a meeting in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province.
The system will be based on mutually recognized, science-based standards, product tracing and information sharing, especially on hazard lists for key commodities, said the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which organized the meeting.
The ADB hosted the Secretariat of the GMS, which comprises Cambodia Landon Collins Jersey , China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
"The 2018-2022 GMS Strategy and Siem Reap Action Plan will help us become a leading supplier of safe and environment-friendly agricultural products," said Veng Sakhon, Cambodian Minister for Agriculture, Forestry Ereck Flowers Jersey , and Fisheries.
"It is a clear testimony of our commitment to contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals by ensuring that food safety, like food security, is a human right for all."
According to 2015 data from the World Health Organization, almost one in 10 people fall ill every year from eating contaminated food, of which 420,000 die as a result. This is particularly acute in Africa and Southeast Asia, which registered the highest incidence of food-borne illnesses.
The statement added that most GMS countries have adopted food safety regulations Darian Thompson Jersey , but many areas are hampered by limited infrastructure and institutional capacity to undertake effective food control.
Ramesh Subramaniam, director general of ADB's Southeast Asia Department, said ADB will provide investments and technical assistance to help GMS countries build safe and sustainable food systems.
"With the GMS countries' shared borders and increasingly connected agriculture supply chains, they are well-positioned to supply safe and quality food with reduced environment footprint to its Southeast Asian neighbors and the world," he said.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Hurricane Harvey, which haswreaked havoc in Texas and Louisiana in Southeast Unites States, islikely to be the most expensive weather disaster in the U.S.history, according to a report.
The total losses from Harvey would reach 190 billion U.S.dollars or one percent of the nation's gross domestic product(GDP), countering the expected growth in the economy for the restof this year Eli Apple Jersey , according to the report published Friday byAccuWeather, a U.S. weather forecasting firm.
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BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- China vows to shake off the tag as a soccer underachiever with an overall reform plan recently endorsed by the Chinese government and a new league season kicking off on Saturday.
There have been signs of recovery in the game. China's top clubs, Guangzhou Evergrande, Beijing Guoan, Shandong Luneng and Guangzhou Fuli, all opened with victory in the AFC Champions League last month.
Luneng and Fuli lost their second games but Guangzhou and Beijing both won to top their respective group.
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In addition to positive performances by clubs, the Chinese men's team showed their teeth on big stage as they won three straight group games at the Asian Cup, for the first time in their 11 appearances in the continent's premier event, before going down 2-0 to hosts and eventual champions Australia in the quarter-finals.
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