A group of scientists in the veterinary medicine faculty of the Universidade Lusófona in Lisbon is organizing an event for World Food Safety Day. It is a workshop entitled "Conversations about parasites in sushi. Awareness and prevention". rganizers say that this is a situation that is becoming increasingly more of a concern in Portugal although the population is mostly unaware. The workshop aims to raise awareness on the topic. Date:    7 June, 2024Time:    14:00–18:00 CESTPlace:   Campus de Universidade Lusófona de Lisboa  

It’s 7 June! Happy World Food Safety day! This year we celebrate under the theme “food safety: prepare for the unexpected,” which coincides with the 20th anniversary of the FAO/WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN). INFOSAN was established following the development and adoption of the Codex Principles and Guidelines for the Exchange of Information in Food Safety Emergency Situations (CXG 19-1995), which was the genesis of INFOSAN in terms of designation of emergency contact points at the national level. These [...]

India’s young food safety ambassador has recorded a video message in line with this year’s World Food Safety Day theme, “food safety: prepare for the unexpected”. Ojasvini Naik said in her message: “If it is not safe, it is not food but sometimes foodborne illnesses and diseases can be caused due to unexpected events.” For that reason, the young food safety advocate said, we all need to be prepared for the unexpected. She goes on to offer some food safety tips we [...]

In celebration of this year’s World Food Safety Day, Codex has published a “case study” showing how one country used Codex texts to resolve a food safety outbreak. In line with this year’s World Food Safety Day theme, “food safety: prepare for the unexpected,” the story recounts how Honduras worked with the FAO/WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) and food safety authorities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to identify the source of an outbreak of [...]

Únete a nosotros en esta ocasión especial para aprender acerca de las mejores prácticas en etiquetado de alimentos y cómo puede marcar la diferencia en la protección de la salud de los consumidores. Descubre cómo el etiquetado adecuado puede prevenir riesgos y promover una alimentación segura. ¡Regístrate ahora y únete a la conversación sobre la importancia de la inocuidad alimentaria en nuestro webinar gratuito "La Inocuidad Alimentaria: Utilidad del Etiquetado de los Alimentos" el próximo Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de [...]

Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias, sede de la Oficina Nacional del Codex Alimentarius Panamá, Punto de Contacto y Secretaría Ejecutiva, en coordinación con La Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial y el Consejo Nacional de Acreditación, le invita cordialmente a participar en la celebración del Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de Alimentos y el Día Mundial de la Acreditación 2024. ¡Prepárate para vivir una experiencia única! Este año, en Panamá, celebramos el día de la inocuidad de los alimentos junto [...]

By KEMBOU Etienne, Technical Officer Food Safety and Nutrition, WHO Multi-Country Assignment Teams (MCAT);Dr LAOUALI ABDOU Aissatou and RABO Souleymane, Food Safety and Nutrition Team WHO Country Office Niger;DIOFFO Salou, Codex Contact Point, Ministry of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs Niger As a prelude to the commemoration of World Food Safety Day 2024, thirty people, including representatives of administrative sectors, Civil Society Organizations, technical and financial partners and academics, were briefed on the organization, institutional structure, functioning, roles and [...]

Por cuarto año consecutivo, este 2024, la Oficina Regional de la Organización de las Naciones Unidad para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO RLC), la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OMS/OPS-Panaftosa), el Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), el Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (OIRSA) y Ecuador como Presidente del Comité Coordinador FAO/OMS para América Latina y El Caribe (CCLAC), unen fuerzas para celebrar el Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de Alimentos (DMIA) con un seminario virtual [...]

El Ministerio de Salud del Perú (MINSA), a través de la Dirección General de Sanidad Ambiental e Inocuidad de los Alimentos (DIGESA) y en conjunto con el Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario y Riego, a través del Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria del Perú (SENASA), así como el Ministerio de la Producción, a través de la Agencia Nacional de Sanidad Pesquera (SANIPES), han organizado una “Jornada Educativa por el Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos en el Perú”. El [...]

The Polish initiative, Foodfakty, will celebrate World Food Safety Day, for the fourth year this year. The 2024 event will be held under the theme "be prepared for the unexpected. The theme emphasizes the importance of being prepared for food safety-related events, regardless of their severity. Food incidents can occur due to mistakes, inadequate controls, fraud, or natural events. Being ready to handle them requires dedicated and coordinated efforts from policymakers, food safety authorities, farmers, and especially food business operators, all [...]