JEMRA experts celebrate World Food Safety Day
On 12 June 2020, the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) paid a short tribute to World Food Safety Day with a video screening. The video was of particular significance because several of the meeting participants had been involved in the recording.
Experts, resource persons and members of the FAO and WHO Secretariats participating in the meeting on Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), currently underway until 30 June, appeared in the video to explain a bit about the role of scientists in food safety. This message tied in with the overall 2020 theme for the UN day: Food safety, everyone’s business.
JEMRA meetings are typically held in-person several times a year with different experts, depending upon the microbiological food safety topics that need to be addressed. In lieu of postponing this important meeting due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions, this group of dedicated scientists has agreed to meet 20 times over the month of June to accomplish this task – some rise early in the morning while others work late into the night to accommodate the scheduling of meetings for participants from around the globe.
Watch the video https://youtu.be/id10Y04Ta2I