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Interview with Greg Noonan: "I had no idea what I was looking at"

As part of the 60th Anniversary Celebrations of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the Codex Secretariat has been talking to experts who lead work in committees to understand their motivation, their work and their views on the world of Codex in general. At the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling, which took place in Budapest, Hungary from 12 to 16 June 2023, we caught up with Greg Noonan who is Director in the Bioanalytical Chemistry Division of the Food and [...]
22 June 2023

From theme to action: EatSafe commemorates World Food Safety Day in Nigeria and Ethiopia

USAID’s Feed the Future Initiative, EatSafe: Evidence and Action Towards Safe, Nutritious Food, has honored this year’s World Food Safety Day (WFSD) with a special focus on food safety standards spanning from local to global. EatSafe's aim is to enable lasting improvements in the safety of nutritious foods in traditional food markets in low- and middle-income countries. To commemorate this year’s WFSD, EatSafe led a series of activities, including thought pieces, events, resources, and even an interview cruncher discussing how [...]
22 June 2023

High school students in Angola learn about food safety on World Food Safety Day

The Luanda Central Agro-Food Laboratory of the National Food Quality Control Service, a body under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Angola, organized a lecture with high school students in Luanda on "The role of a conformity assessment body (Laboratório Agroalimentar) in the process of obtaining safe food". Engineer Carlos Chaves of the Central Agro-Food Laboratory of Luanda spoke with both students and agrifood technicians on 7 June. With a keen interest in food safety, Chaves has also attended celebrations of [...]
21 June 2023

Guatemala celebrates World Food Safety Day

Guatemala joined the global celebrations of World Food Safety Day 2023 with the motto "Food standards save lives". The event, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food (MAGA), was aimed at raising awareness among the population about the importance of risk prevention, detection and management through food safety. The Vice-Minister of Agricultural Health and Regulations (VISAR), Víctor Hugo Guzmán, said that the work carried out to date allows for highly effective official controls on food, thus contributing to the [...]
21 June 2023

Saudi Arabia authority conducts multimedia campaign for World Food Safety Day

In Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) conducted a multimedia campaign on the occasion of  World Food Safety Day. The SFDA Executive President, Professor Hisham Al-Jadhey stated in a public address: “This year's slogan, ‘Food Standards Save Lives’, confirms the importance of the safety of products throughout all stages of the food chain, starting from the production and manufacturing, up to transportation, preservation and storage, and ending with the display of these products in the markets to [...]
20 June 2023

New Codex Guideline on Measurement Uncertainty unveiled in Budapest

In 2022 the Codex Secretariat began work on reviewing the formatting and layout of Codex texts to ensure consistency, to meet FAO and international publishing standards and to enhance readability. A digital object identifier (DOI) has also been added to standards as they are published, providing a unique reference that can support tracking and citation of each text. The project is part of the Codex Secretariat’s contribution to the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. At the [...]
20 June 2023

Near East region celebrates World Food Safety Day

On Wednesday 7 June Members of the Codex Coordinating Committee for the Near East (CCNE) gathered for a hybrid session in celebration of World Food Safety Day, titled “Food Safety: A shared responsibility”. Organized by the CCNE Regional Coordinator, Khalid Al Zhrani, the event included the participation of Dr Sarah Cahill from the Codex Alimentarius Commission Secretariat and Engineer Ahmed Albashah from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Standardization Organization (GSO). CCNE members highlighted this year’s slogan on how food standards can save [...]
20 June 2023

A safe breakfast on World Food Safety Day for Chilean vineyard

At the Vina el Rosal vineyard in Chile, World Food Safety Day was celebrated an activity called "Having Breakfast with Safety". The event was successfully carried out 9 June with the theme, "Food Standards Save Lives". The Safety Team at the vineyard gave participatory seminar sessions with all those who work and contribute to obtaining a safe and quality product for customers.z “Continuous improvement is our commitment in the wine industry,” said the organizers. The day emphasized the importance of standards that [...]
20 June 2023

Costa Rica Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce marks World Food Safety Day

On 5 June, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica (MEIC), joined the celebration of World Food Safety Day, in a high-level event with political, technical and industry-level decision makers from across the country. The following day, 6 June, the building of the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce of Costa Rica was lit up in orange to mark not only World Food Safety Day, but also the 60th anniversary of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) “as a visual [...]
19 June 2023

World Food Safety Day in Iran

The Iran National Standards Organization (INSO) held an in-person event titled “The Future of Food Safety” for World Food Safety Day on 13 June, with the theme of “Food standards save lives”, which took place in Tehran in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This event, which was held with the participation of stakeholders and food professionals from the industry, academia and regulatory bodies, was an opportunity to provide more synergy between the authorities and experts of food safety in order to [...]
19 June 2023