The Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) will hold a World Food Safety Day webinar to discuss the importance of food regulation. AIFST CEO Fiona Fleming will host a panel of food scientists including: Todd Redwood, British Standards Institution group (BSI) Robin Sherlock – Safe Food Queensland Nick Fletcher – Food Standards Australia Andrew Mathieson –  Australian National University (ANU) Jasmine Lacis-Lee – Bureau Veritas AsureQuality (BVAQ) Duncan Craig – Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) Each panellist will be asked to give a 2-minute introduction [...]

Professor Parvez Haris of De Montfort University in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will give a World Food Safety Day lecture on arsenic in rice and whether quinoa can be a healthier and safer alternative. For many years Professor Haris has been carrying out research on rice, especially focusing on its essential and toxic element composition [1-3].  According to Haris, the research with populations in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Bangladesh revealed [...]

The Royal Society for Public Health in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has organized a World Food Safety Day event entitled “Listeria: legislation, the law and food practices”. This in-person conference will take place in Birmingham and is aimed at enforcement officers, food safety managers, food manufacturers, food business owners and anybody with an interest in food safety. Chaired by Professor Lisa Ackerley, Director of Public Health and Hygiene Engagement at Reckitt Benckiser, and Kathryn Gilbertson, partner [...]

Get a first peek inside a new food safety toolbox! FAO’s new website on Good Hygiene Practices (GHP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) will be introduced during a World Food Safety Day hybrid event held on 7 June at FAO in Rome, Italy and online. The toolbox, comprising of a series of practical guidance documents based on the Codex Alimentarius General Principles of Food Hygiene, aims to strengthen institutional food safety capacities for both public and private sectors. The [...]

The Chilean Agency for Safety and Food Quality (ACHIPIA) has organized a World Food Safety Day event for 7 June, 2023, under the title of this year’s theme, “Food standards save lives”. The in-person seminar will take place at Auditorio Edificio Bicentenario, Teatinos 92, Santiago Centro and will highlight the effort and work carried out by the competent national authorities and organizations in matters of food standards setting and implementation. The objective of this activity is to highlight the importance of [...]

The National Association for Food Safety and Quality in Mexico (ANICA) is organizing its 2nd National Forum on Food Safety, which will take place on 7 June in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico with the theme “Food standards save lives”. The event is being organized by ANICA, the Technological Institute of Mazatlán and the Coordination for the Promotion of Scientific Research and Innovation of the State of Sinaloa (CONFIE Sinaloa). The event will include an ANICA Children's event and an ANICA "At Home" programme, [...]

Under the title, “Food standards in a scientific and sustainable environment” FEDALCYTA (Federation of Food Science and Technology Associations), in collaboration with the Torribera Food Campus of the University of Barcelona, have organized an online seminar to participate in World Food Safety Day. The event coincides with the European Green Week and the European Year of Skills. Member associations (ACTAE, ACYTAEX, Associació Catalana de CTA and ATECTA-Aragón) will use this event to explore the importance of addressing food safety from a [...]

The Japan Food Safety Management Association (JFSM) will hold an online event for World Food Safety Day on 7 June “as a place to learn and share food safety with everyone involved in the food chain”. The event will hear from speakers on a variety of food safety topics, including a Codex Alimentarius Commission 60th Anniversary Lecture “Codex Standards and Risk Assessment” from Professor Hajime Toyofuku from the Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Yamaguchi University. Date:    7 JuneTime:    14.00–17.00 hours (local [...]

The Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) is jointly organizing a World Food Safety Day event with the Society of Fisheries Technologists India (SOFTI), the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the India Section of Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC International). The hybrid national technical workshop will take place on 7 and 8 June in Cochin, Kerala, India and online with the theme “Indian perspective on food safety, security and standards”. Abstracts [...]

The Bangladesh Food Safety Foundation is planning a hybrid seminar jointly with other organizations on this year’s World Food Safety Day theme. To support and promote the event, the foundation will also produce an e-poster, e-flyer and other promotional materials to be distributed via email to food businesses & their associations print & electronic media apex chamber bodies, Members and district chambers of commerce. a customized e-poster, and e-flyer that will be uploaded onto a few non-professional and professional associations’ Facebook pages. Read more The Bangladesh Food Safety Foundation website