Which organization partners with the WHO to cover global food safety issues?

• A. FAO
• B. CDC
• C. NIH
• D. EPA

Answer: (A)

Global food safety standards are created through international collaboration, with WHO partnering most notably with the Food and Agriculture Organization. This joint effort leads to Codex Alimentarius, a comprehensive set of international standards, guidelines, and codes of practice designed to protect consumer health and ensure fair trade in food. By harmonizing requirements across countries, regulators and industry can manage risks from farm to table and align on safety expectations worldwide. The other organizations focus on different roles: the CDC concentrates on disease surveillance and outbreak response, the NIH on biomedical research, and the EPA on environmental protections. None of them form the primary global partnership with WHO to set international food safety standards.