Mekong Institute (MI), in collaboration with the Food and Drug Department (FDD) under the Ministry of Health, organized a food safety workshop entitled “Lao Good Hygiene Practices (GHP) Standard: Implementation and Updates” to celebrate World Food Safety Day on June 7, 2023 in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR).  The workshop provided valuable knowledge, assistance, …

MI AND FDD HOST A FOOD SAFETY WORKSHOP TO CELEBRATE THE WORLD FOOD SAFETY DAY IN LAO PDR Read More »

Banking on the significant potential of the country’s agriculture and food industry, Mekong Institute (MI) and Myanmar Innovative Life Sciences (MILS) collaborated on World Food Safety Day 2023 to organize a food safety event titled “Leveraging on Food Standards to Improve Market Access”, which was held on June 7, 2023 in Yangon, Myanmar. Held under …

PROSAFE WORLD FOOD SAFETY DAY FORUM IN MYANMAR EXPLORES STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING FOOD STANDARDS COMPLIANCE AND MARKET ACCESS FOR AGRI-FOOD SECTOR Read More »

Marking the start of PROSAFE initiatives for the World Food Safety Day celebration, Mekong Institute (MI) launched a 10-day Regional Training Program on Preservation and Packaging for Safer Food, which will run from June 5-16, 2023 at the Mekong Institute Residential Training Center, Khon Kaen, Thailand.  With the aim of improving food safety and quality …

PROSAFE KICKS OFF ITS WORLD FOOD SAFETY DAY CELEBRATION WITH A TRAINING PROGRAM ON PRESERVATION AND PACKAGING FOR SAFER FOOD Read More »

In support of the 2023 Viet Nam National Action Month for Food Safety, Mekong Institute partnered with the Faculty of Biology-Environmental Science of the College of Science and Education at the University of Da Nang in organizing a workshop titled “Promoting Food Safety Awareness in High School Education in Viet Nam” on May 18, 2023.  …

MI AND UNIVERSITY OF DA NANG TEAM UP TO INITIATE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION Read More »

Spearheaded by PROSAFE Alumni, Mekong Institute (MI), in close collaboration with CAMKPI Professional Academy and FQMS Solutions, organized a local training program titled “Food Safety Standards and Management Tools for Cambodian MSMEs” on May 13-14, 2023 in Phnom Penh.  The two-day course aimed to promote food safety management tools and practices that small and medium …

PROSAFE ALUMNI TAKE ACTION TO CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVING FOOD SAFETY PRACTICES AND COMPLIANCE AMONG CAMBODIAN MSMES Read More »

Committed to furthering the shared goal of ensuring safe food across the country, Mekong Institute (MI), through PROSAFE (Promoting Safe Food for Everyone), is keen to pursue more initiatives with key national agencies to strengthen food safety management systems in Cambodia.  During her visit to Cambodia from May 10-12, 2023, Ms. Maria Theresa S. Medialdia, …

MI CONTINUES COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH NATIONAL AGENCIES TO ADVANCE SAFE FOOD IN CAMBODIA Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI), with support from the New Zealand Aid Programme, is organizing the regional training program on “Preservation and Packaging for Safer Food” from June 5-16, 2023, at Mekong Institue Training Centre, Khon Kaen, Thailand. The 10-day training program aims to strengthen the knowledge and understanding on the selection of food preservation and packaging …

PROSAFE COURSE ON PRESERVATION AND PACKAGING IS NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS Read More »

To further build the capacity of food safety trainers in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) in planning and designing effective food safety training programs, Mekong Institute (MI) organized the Regional Training of Trainers for Safer Food under its project Promoting Safe Food for Everyone (PROSAFE), from March 27 to 31, 2023 at the …

PROSAFE TRAINING OF TRAINERS CENTERS ITS AGENDA ON STRENGTHENING THE FOOD SAFETY NETWORKS IN CLMV Read More »

As Mekong Institute (MI) and the Rice Department (RD) of Thailand conclude their three-year project on the ‘Development and Implementation of Common Rice Product Standards in Lancang-Mekong (LM) Countries,’ partners from the rice sector in the Mekong Region have expressed their interest in collaborating on another initiative that will forward the development of a common …

REGIONAL RICE PROJECT ON STANDARDS HARMONIZATION A GOOD BEGINNING TO PURSUING FUTURE REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE RICE SECTOR Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI), in collaboration with the Rice Department (RD) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives in Thailand, organized the End-of-Project Workshop for the project “Development of Rice Pest and Natural Disaster Monitoring, Forecasting and Warning Center for Sustainable Rice Production under Climate Change in the Mekong-Lancang Subregion”, on March 21-23, 2023 in Luang …

MI, RICE DEPARTMENT OF THAILAND CONCLUDE THE RICE PEST AND NATURAL DISASTER AI SYSTEM PROJECT Read More »