En 1964, en su segundo período de sesiones, la Comisión del Codex Alimentarius estableció el Comité Coordinador para Europa, que sucedería al “Consejo Europeo del Codex Alimentarius” y sustituiría al "Grupo Consultivo para Europa", creado en su primer período de sesiones en 1963.
La primera reunión del Comité Coordinador para Europa se celebró en julio de 1965 en Berna (Suiza) y a ella asistieron 16 países de la región.
El coordinador actual, Alemania, tiene su sede en el Ministerio Federal de Alimentación y Agricultura (BMEL).
Las prioridades fundamentales de Alemania como coordinador son las siguientes:
- reducir los obstáculos a la participación activa de los miembros de la región en los trabajos del Codex;
- aumentar la sensibilización sobre el papel del Codex y de la inocuidad de los alimentos en general en la transición hacia sistemas alimentarios sostenibles;
- promover el uso de las normas del Codex en los ámbitos prioritarios como la resistencia a los antimicrobianos (RAM).
Con el fin de abordar estas prioridades, el coordinador aprovechará las sinergias de las actividades internacionales y regionales de la Secretaría del Codex, la FAO y la OMS, así como de los observadores del Codex.
To celebrate World Food Safety Day, the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) has organized a conference on Food Safety Culture: From Theory to Practice.
The event will feature speakers from AESAN, regional authorities, and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. It will also include contributions from food business operators and an expert in motivation and leadership.
The conference is aimed at both personnel from competent authorities and food business operators. Its goal is to create a space for discussion [...]
Schools across the Municipality of Alcobaça, Portugal, participated in Food Safety Week from 26 to 30 May, in anticipation of World Food Safety Day on 7 June. This year's edition, themed “Science in Action”, involved 700 children from the municipality.
On 30 May, the Alfeizerão School Center welcomed Ana Filipa Pereira, a technician from the Alcobaça Municipal Council, known as “Pipa Vitamina” who organized interactive activities. In the classroom, students conducted physical-chemical experiments and visualized plates with microorganisms to emphasize the [...]
CATALYSE is an EU-funded initiative aimed at building a strong network of food safety actors to drive the uptake of scientific knowledge and innovative solutions across the food value chain.
To celebrate World Food Safety Day, CATALYSE is organizing a dedicated event, which will feature discussions, presentations, and networking focused on promoting food safety through science and collaboration.
Date: Thursday 5 JuneTime: 10:00–18:00 CESTVenue: Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, PortugalRegister hereMore information: https://thecatalyseproject.eu/events/catalyse-world-food-safety-day/
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World Food Safety Day 2025 events
Este año, bajo el lema «Ciencia en Acción», Veraliment y el Ayuntamiento de Tres Cantos se unen para celebrar el Día Mundial de la Inocuidad Alimentaria 2025.
La tricantina y veterinaria Eva Gregorio y el CEO de Veraliment Andrés García junto al Ayuntamiento de Tres Cantos han organizado varias actividades en torno al Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos. Habrá charlas, debates y juegos donde la ciencia será protagonista y van dirigidas a empresas de hostelería, comercios de alimentación, [...]
On 20 May 2025, a vibrant celebration of World Food Safety Day took place at Tashkent State Medical University (TSMU) under the global theme “Food Safety: Science in Action.” The event was jointly organized by the Committee for Sanitary-Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, TSMU, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with broad participation from academia, students, public health professionals, and media representatives.
The day began with an outdoor session on the [...]
The morning of May 24, 2025, students and faculties slipped on crisp new event T-shirts, posters were hung, and a warm buzz filled the tiered lecture hall. Instead of a typical campus event, it was a celebration of World Food Safety Day, and this year’s theme, “Food Safety: Science in Action,” was brought to life with energy, clarity, and vision.
Organized by the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) in collaboration with China Agricultural University (CAU), the event [...]
In celebration of World Food Safety Day with the theme "Science in Action", Hacettepe University Food Engineering students, alongside Codex Alimentarius Vice-Chairperson, Dr Betül Vazgeçer participated in an interactive event designed to highlight the critical importance of food safety.
The event began with students engaging in group activities to tackle real world food safety challenges through carefully designed case studies. These scenarios reflected pressing food safety issues, ranging from microbial contamination to chemical contamination, encouraging students to assess risks, propose critical control points [...]
TASHKENT, May 19, 2025
A forum event titled "Food Safety: Science in Action" was held at Secondary School No. 9 in the Yunusabad district of Tashkent to mark World Food Safety Day. The forum was organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Preschool and School Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the "Zamin" International Public Foundation, the "Eco-Schools Uzbekistan" programme, and the "Yosh fermer" (Young Farmer) project.
The event convened specialists [...]
On 17 February 2025, the Main Inspectorate of Agricultural and Food Quality Inspection (MIAFQI) organized a seminar titled "Security, Europe! The Role of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission in ensuring food safety and Poland's EU presidency." The event, held at MIAFQI headquarters in Warsaw, was part of the initiatives under the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The seminar was addressed to students at secondary agricultural schools supervised by the Polish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, [...]
An event was jointly organized 19 February by the Food and Veterinary Agency of North Macedonia and FAO to promote and highlight the key role of Codex standards in protecting consumer health and facilitating fair practices in the food trade. The meeting, which was attended by 40 representatives from key institutions from across North Macedonia, aimed to help the country’s National Codex Committee raise awareness about Codex among key stakeholders, as part of a Codex Trust Fund (CTF) project.
In a [...]