FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO)

About:

• The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security.
  
  
• Its Latin motto, fiat panis, translates to "let there be bread".
  
  
• It was founded in 1945.
  
  
• The FAO is headquartered in Rome, Italy.
  
  
• Composed of 197 member states, the FAO is governed by a biennial conference representing each member country and the European Union, which elects a 49-member executive council.
  
  
• FAO and the World Health Organization created the Codex Alimentarius Commission in 1961 to develop food standards, guidelines and texts such as codes of practice under the Joint FAO/ WHO Food Standards Programme.