Lack of food safety in Kosovo threatens public health
Weak enforcement sees hundreds of food poisoning cases per year.
|2019.12.10
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“Food should be safe for human consumption and free from adverse substances.”
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human RightsThere is no institution in Kosovo that collects and analyzes all food safety information at a national level.
“It should not be left to the damaged party alone to report the case to public authorities.”
Florent Spahija, Legal Adviser
Leonida Molliqaj
Leonida Molliqaj has completed her BA in sociology at the University of Prishtina and is now studying for an MA in the same department. She is a journalist at the Kosovar Investigative Reporting Center in Prishtina and is a specialist researcher on corruption, gender inequality and social issues. She has won awards for her investigative work from NGOs, UN bodies, the European Commission and the Association of Journalists of Kosovo. Leonida is a K2.0 Human Rights Journalism Fellowship program fellow (2019 cycle).
This story was originally written in Albanian.