A total of 20 food safety trainers from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) are attending Mekong Institute’s Regional Training of Trainers on Food Safety Promotion this week from March 11–15 at the MI Residential Training Center in Khon Kaen. An integral part of the Promoting Food Safety for Everyone (PROSAFE) Project, the one-week …

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Mekong Institute (MI) will be organizing a series of safe food courses this year as part of the New Zealand Aid Programme-funded Food Safety Project. These regional training programs comprise a major component of the five-year food safety project to be implemented in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV). The Project primarily seeks to …

MEKONG INSTITUTE OPENS APPLICATIONS TO 2019 SAFE FOOD COURSES Read More »

“Proper postharvest handling is important in minimizing contamination, preventing food loss and extending the shelf life of fruits and vegetables, and this is also closely linked to the wellbeing of farmers,” Dr. Watcharas Leelawath, MI Executive Director shares as he opens today’s regional training program on Postharvest Safe Food Handling at the MI Residential Training …

PROSAFE PROJECT KICKS OFF 2019 WITH TRAINING ON POSTHARVEST SAFE FOOD HANDLING Read More »

Mekong Institute, in cooperation with the Biotechnology Research and Development Institute (BIRDI) and College of Agriculture (CA) of Can Tho University (CTU), organized a knowledge sharing forum last December 12 in Can Tho City, Vietnam. Gathering around 70 participants, the forum served as a platform to share and discuss current food safety-related issues on fruit …

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Mekong Institute in collaboration with the Food and Drug Department, Ministry of Health of Lao PDR recently organized a “Food Safety Learning Event and Networking” in Vientiane, Lao PDR on December 4, 2018. Part of MI’s NZAP-supported PROSAFE Project, the one-day event brought together some 40 PROSAFE alumni from various public and private organizations such …

ENABLING FOOD SAFETY STAKEHOLDERS NETWORKING IN LAO PDR Read More »

Water resource stakeholders from the government, research organization and other concerned agencies from P.R. China, Lao PDR and Thailand are meeting today, November 30, 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand for an inception workshop of Mekong Institute’s (MI) project on Transboundary Cooperation Mechanism on Adaptation to Climate Change and Hydropower Development Projects. The workshop lays the groundwork …

INCEPTION MEETING LAYS GROUND FOR NEXT STEPS OF MI’S LANDMARK WATER PROJECT Read More »

A national workshop on Opportunities to Strengthen Risk-based National Food Safety Control Systemin Vietnam was organized on November 15 at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST). The activity, spearheaded by Dr. Cung Thi To Quynh and Dr. Nguyen Thi Thao, was initiated as part of an action plan under Mekong Institute’s PROSAFE Project, …

RISK-BASED FOOD SAFETY WORKSHOP CALLS FOR MULTI-SECTORAL COLLABORATION IN VIETNAM Read More »

Capping off the Food Safety Week, a Knowledge Sharing Forum on Food Safety Promotion in Cambodia was organized at Himawari Hotel, Phnom Penh last November 8. The event gathered sixty MI alumni representing government agencies, private sector, and academic and research institutions. The forum served as a venue for participants from eight PROSAFE regional training …

FORUM HIGHLIGHTS INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND NETWORKING AMONG FOOD SAFETY CHAMPIONS Read More »

As part of Cambodia Food Safety Week, a localized training on Good Hygiene Practices (GHP) for Restaurants and Canteens was held on November 7, 2018 in Phnom Penh Hotel, Cambodia. The training focused on proper food handling, preparation and storage as food safety fundamentals in the catering industry.   Organized by Mekong Institute, in collaboration with …

MI, MOH TRAINING PROMOTES HYGIENE PRACTICES IN CATERING INDUSTRY Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI) and the Department of Plant Protection, Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary (DPP-SPS), General Directorate of Agriculture (GDA), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), co-organized a localized training on Cambodia Good Agricultural Practices (CamGAP) last November 5-7 at Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.   As part of the Cambodia Food Safety Week, 20 commercial vegetable …

MI, GDA CONDUCT CAMGAP TRAINING FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCERS AND FARMER COOPERATIVES Read More »