The United Nations has declared 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables. The Year aims to raise awareness of the nutritional and health benefits of consuming more fruits and vegetables as well as to direct policy attention to reducing loss and waste of these highly perishable items. In the weeks ahead the Stabroek Business will be publishing a series of articles based on information culled from the UN/FAO publication, International Year of Fruits & Vegetables 2001.
We begin our series with a spread of basic background information on the importance of fruits and vegetables to the human diet
The Codex Alimentarius Commission is the central component of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme. It develops recommended codes of practice, such as hygienic practices and practices for the processing and handling of foods or food groups.
