Health - The Global Level

The World Trade Organization (WTO). The Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) agreement aims at ensuring that food safety and animal and plant health standards do not create unnecessary barriers to international trade. It recognises the rights of member states to use the science-based standards they deem appropriate to the extent necessary protect human, animal or plant life or health. The WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) is currently working on various fish trade-related disputes between member states generated by alleged violations to the SPS agreements.

The United Nations (UN) Family. The joint FAO/World Health Organisation (WHO) Codex Alimentarius Commission sets the health and safety standards the WTO refers to in the SPS and TBT agreements.