The creation of a national forum including all entities involved in agricultural health and food safety, experts recommended. The recommendation is part of an analysis conducted by the University of Texas A & M and the Organization of the United Nations Agriculture and Food (FAO) Panamanian health care system. The agricultural health system seeks to ensure food hygiene and protect agriculture from imported pests, the Ministry of Agriculture.
Lack of international accreditation of laboratories and institutional and financial autonomy, are weaknesses of agricultural health and safety of Panama, it must ensure food hygiene and protect against the possibility of agro imported pests. The Texas AgriLife Extension Service says that another of the shortcomings is the dispersion of responsibilities and the overlap of functions between system entities that are the MIDA, Ministry of Health, MTI and AUPSA.
Lack of international accreditation of laboratories and institutional and financial autonomy, are weaknesses of agricultural health and safety of Panama, it must ensure food hygiene and protect against the possibility of agro imported pests. The Texas AgriLife Extension Service says that another of the shortcomings is the dispersion of responsibilities and the overlap of functions between system entities that are the MIDA, Ministry of Health, MTI and AUPSA.
The evaluation adds that salaries are inefficient prevent attract and retain scientific and technical experts from more than system requires, in addition to the lack of job security for staff. Some of the recommendations arising from this assessment is the need to modernize some of the equipment and laboratory protocols and remodel laboratory buildings that are in line with ISO standards, as well as train staff in various technical and scientific and also in laboratory management and system.
Source:
La Prensa, February 27, 2009.
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