The burden of foodborne diseases reducing ways

Abstract

Introduction. The burden of foodborne diseases is increasingly attracting WHO attention and heightening the necessity of international global public health commitments. The Aim of the Study is to analyze and summarize the existing national and international experience in reducing the burden of foodborne diseases on the basis of studying legislative and regulatory documents, sources of statistical data, scientific publications and materials of the First FAO/WHO/AU International Food Safety Conference Addis Ababa, 12–13 February 2019. Materials and Methods. The bibliosemantic and analytical methods have been used. Results and discussion. It is established that today, the lack of data about the burden of foodborne diseases not only does not allow to get an accurate picture of the current situation, but also complicates the evaluation of the effectiveness and resulting quality of preventive measures and strategies. In recent years, Ukraine has witnessed a sharp deterioration in the food safety and quality situation due to the demonopolization of the food industry, increased volumes of supplies from abroad, weakening of the control over the production and sale of food products. Unresolved issues remain regarding the level of harmonization of Ukrainian legislation with European norms, which is currently insufficient. Conclusions. In order to reduce the burden of foodborne diseases, the basic principles recommended by the WHO should be taken into consideration: orientation of the measures being implemented to the future, their preventive character, capacity-building in foundational spheres, the integrating efforts and the stimulation of private investment.