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Global Harmonization Initiative Association

Acronym: GHI

General Information

Identification Code: 640514427686-92
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Entity Form: Association
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 7/7/2017
Last Update: 8/8/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: Achieving consensus on the science of food regulations and legislation to ensure the global availability of safe and wholesome food products for all consumers. To ensure that scientific correct messages are also correctly understood everywhere, GHI will publish these messages in many local languages, from Armenian to Zulu.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Consumers
  • Culture
  • Education and training
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Environment
  • Food safety
  • Fraud prevention
  • Humanitarian aid and civil protection
  • International co-operation and development
  • Maritime affairs and fisheries
  • Public health
  • Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: Antibiotics in food Chemical food safety Ethics in the food safety practices Food safety in relation to religious dietary laws Whistleblowing in the food chain Genotoxicity of food constituents Mycotoxins in food Microbiology of food Nanotechnology and food Nutrition Food safety education Food safety incidents Nomenclature in food laws and regulations Preservation technologies Post harvest losses (Food) Science communication
Communication Activities: - Ensuring Global Food Safety - Exploring Global Harmonization (http://store.elsevier.com/Ensuring-Global-Food-Safety/isbn-9780080889306/) - Regulating Safety of Traditional and Ethnic Foods (http://store.elsevier.com/Regulating-Safety-of-Traditional-and-Ethnic-Foods/isbn-9780128006054/) - Nutrition and health aspects of traditional and ethnic foods; 26 volumes - to be published from September 2018 onwards (6 have been published) - Articles in scientific journals and food related magazines, in multiple languages and countries - 1st GHI World Congress on Food Safety and Security, Leiden, The Netherlands, 24-28 March 2019 (www.ghiworldcongress.org Consensus document on food irradiation: https://www.globalharmonization.net/sites/default/files/pdf/GHI-Food-Irradiation_October-2018.pdf Food Contamination and Traceability Summit in Munich, Germany, 26-27 May 2020 (contaminationsummit.com)
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Florianigasse 63/14
Post Code: 1080
City: Vienna
Country: AUSTRIA
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EU Office

Address: Florianigasse 63/14
Post Code: 1080
City: Vienna
Country: AUSTRIA
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Financial Data

New Organisation: false
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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 5
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 6
Members F T E: 0.75
Info Members: Because they are volunteers and have also a regular position somewhere, most participants (members) spend between 5 and 10% of their time on this activity. By participation in Working Groups, time spent may vary significantly.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) - www.iufost.org European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST) - www.effost.org