Belgium shares benefits of food safety barometer

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A food safety barometer in Belgium has found improvements in the country during the past decade.

The purpose is to measure food safety and enable evidence-based risk management and policy decisions. It consists of 30 indicators that cover various aspects of food safety from farm to fork.

It relies on data collected from the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) control programs and the National Reference Center for Disease data. Indicators are expressed as positive or negative changes compared to the previous year and compared to a reference year to assess long-term progress.

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