More than 500 participants gathered online on Tuesday 16 March 2021 to learn about the tools and resources that FAO and WHO make available to support countries in establishing and implementing their surveillance and monitoring systems on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In the words of one participant, “it was so helpful to have everything laid out so clearly. Three different organizations, who does what, that was really well done”. Presentations from the Codex parent organizations and the World Organisation for Animal Health [...]

The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Codex Alimentarius Commission Secretariat gathered online for a conversation that centred on public-private partnerships, a form of collaboration that is essential to securing food safety globally. Erica Sheward, GFSI Director, set the stage for the 11 March 2021 webinar called “How the Public and Private Sectors are Teaming Up for Safe Food for a Healthy Tomorrow” by explaining [...]

On International Women’s Day 2021, #IWD2021, the Codex Secretariat has launched a video message on the theme of the day #ChooseToChallenge, celebrating the contribution women in the Codex family make to ensure food is safe and can be traded fairly through the food safety standards of the Codex Alimentarius. 📽️ | On #IWD2021 we celebrate women’s achievement in Codex to ensure #FoodSafety and a level playing field for trade through international standards. #InternationalWomensDay @UN_Women pic.twitter.com/98FhT4Ggpd — Codex Alimentarius (@FAOWHOCodex) March 8, 2021   To [...]

Countries all over the world were watching the French Secretariat closely as the first Codex subsidiary body to meet virtually, the Codex Committee on General Principles (CCGP), launched the 2021 series of Codex technical meetings. The Executive Committee had already shown that meetings could be managed this way for smaller groups and the first ever virtual Commission in 2020 had demonstrated that high-level gatherings were also possible with bigger numbers – over 900 delegates registered. The next challenge however for [...]

食典委推特频道、粮农组织领英网页和YouTube频道于2月18日发布新闻广播，为2021年世界食品安全日活动拉开序幕，今年的纪念活动主题是“保障食品安全，构筑健康未来”。 在世界食品安全日即将迎来三周年之际，纪念活动正在全球范围内蓬勃开展，我们呼吁各国政府、全体食品工作者以及消费者采取行动。 1. 安全保障 — 政府必须确保所有人都获得安全和富有营养的食品 2. 安全种植 — 农业部门和食品生产者需要采取良好的种植方法 3. 安全经营 — 经营者必须保证食品安全 4. 安全教育 — 消费者需要了解什么是安全和健康的食品 5. 团结协作，保障安全 — 让我们共同努力，确保食品安全和健康！ 在当今世界中，涉及食物链的事件频发，食源性疾病风险增大，世界食品安全日提醒我们，安全的食品消费和生产为人类、地球和经济都将带来直接和长期的利益。2021年世界食品安全日的主题是“保障食品安全，构筑健康未来”，它提醒我们每一个人，为了在未来持续提供安全和健康的食品，我们必须推动数字技术创新，开发科学解决方案，弘扬经过千百年实践检验的传统知识。 科学创新正在帮助我们确保食品安全。粮农组织首席科学家伊斯玛罕·埃洛阿菲（Ismahane Elouafi）在一次视频讲话中强调了预防的重要性，她说：“科学家们开发了检测污染物的测试、方法和工具，使我们能够防范微生物、化学品或其他危害。” 世卫组织营养及食品安全司司长弗朗切斯科·布兰卡（Francesco Branca）在一次视频讲话中强调，大多数食源性疾病是可以预防的。他概述了每个人都可以采取的有助于确保食品安全的具体行动，并指出：“安全食品有助于健康的生活、健康的星球和健康的未来。”   请访问2021年世界食品安全日网站 请通过社交媒体参加纪念活动：https://twitter.com/FAOWHOCodex 您如果计划筹办世界食品安全日活动，并且希望把您的活动添加至此处的活动列表，请发电子邮件至[email protected] ，并请包括以下信息：活动名称；日期和当地时间；活动简要说明；海报或其他宣传信息以及网站链接，以便公众了解更多信息。

中欧时间2021年2月18日15:00，2021年世界食品安全日活动将正式启动，并宣布今年庆祝活动的主题。新闻广播将包括粮农组织、世卫组织、食品法典委员会秘书处和国际食品安全当局网络提供的文稿，来自世界各地的嘉宾将讨论为什么食品安全、人人有责，为2021年6月7日的第三届世界食品安全日活动拉开序幕。 新闻广播内容（仅英文）将通过食品法典委员会推特流播（Codex Alimentarius Twitter @FAOWHOCodex），之后可以在世界食品安全日网站上查阅 。   请及时收看，为#世界食品安全日 2021做好准备。    

Welcoming delegates to the 32nd session of the Codex Committee on General Principles (CCGP) that is taking place virtually from 8 to 17 February 2021,  Julien Denormandie, Minister of Agriculture and Food, of the host country France said that in a world facing a major pandemic, the different stakeholders in the food sector everywhere face the challenge of producing healthy and good quality food in sufficient quantity, while at the same time coping with the risk of health, economic hazards [...]

More than a year has passed since the last time a Codex technical committee met. When the Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance ended on 13 December 2019 in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, nobody could imagine that there would be a 14 month wait for experts to gather once again to continue their formal deliberations of Codex business. The task of kicking off the 2021 series of meetings, with plans currently for a virtual year and online sessions, has fallen to France [...]

A webinar taking place on 5 February 2021, 12:00-13:30 CET, entitled Feed safety – Good Practices for the Feed Sector Matter, will bring together experts from FAO and the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) to discuss the importance of feed safety in the sustainable production of safe food of animal origin. The event will also see the launch of a new manual on implementing the Codex Alimentarius Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding. Primary producers, including farmers and the feed [...]

This year is going to be a big challenge for the Codex system as the technical committees that were suspended in 2020 due to the pandemic prepare to operate for the first time virtually. Experiences with the smaller Executive Committee and the success of the 43rd Commission have shown that both small and large groups can be brought together on line, but how easy will it be, operating virtually, to iron out more complex, technical differences on pesticides, contaminants or [...]