En 1976, un Comité Coordinador para América Latina, establecido por el 10.º período de sesiones de la Comisión del Codex Alimentarius en 1974, celebró su primera reunión en Roma, a la que asistieron ocho países de la región. En su tercera reunión, se propuso cambiar el nombre del comité a su forma actual (Comité Coordinador para América Latina y el Caribe) de manera que reflejase mejor la composición de la región. En 1984, la 31.ª reunión del Comité Ejecutivo aceptó este cambio en nombre de la Comisión.
La región de América Latina y el Caribe es un importante actor en la producción y el comercio de alimentos a escala mundial. La región produce suficientes alimentos para abastecerse y exportar, y cuenta con agua y tierra incluso para aumentar su producción.
La región cuenta con una enorme riqueza natural, una industria agrícola floreciente y un sector agropecuario familiar que resulta esencial para su población. Se debe continuar promoviendo y fortaleciendo la inocuidad de los alimentos en todas las regiones para garantizar la salud de los consumidores y un comercio justo y equitativo.
Ecuador, el coordinador, tiene su sede en AGROCALIDAD, un organismo dependiente del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería. Su objetivo es crear sinergias entre los países de la región, a fin de que se presten apoyo mutuo para superar los problemas regionales y estudiar soluciones a los retos comunes.
Además, el coordinador tiene el propósito de reforzar la colaboración entre los países y fortalecer la participación de los países en desarrollo en la Comisión y sus órganos auxiliares.
Las tres autoridades sanitarias de Perú – la Dirección General de Salud Ambiental (DIGESA), la Autoridad Nacional de Sanidad e Inocuidad en Pesca y Acuicultura(SANIPES) y el Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria del Perú (SENASA) – organizaron conjuntamente un evento de dos días para celebrar el Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos. El programa incluyó sesiones virtuales accesibles a través de Zoom y YouTube, con debates e intercambio de conocimientos sobre temas de inocuidad alimentaria.
Fecha: 5 y 6 de [...]
The agro-exporting company Danper Trujillo SAC is organizing an event on the occasion of World Food Safety Day, called “World Food Safety Day - Danper in Action”. The event will bring together state entities responsible for food safety, universities and companies that supply materials to the agro-industrial sector to exchange knowledge related to the field of food safety. There will also be musical participation and tasting of products exported by Danper Trujillo SAC.
Date: Friday 6 June 2025Time: 15:00–20:00 (eru timeLocation: Escuela de Postgrado [...]
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Ibero-American NGO, the Comunidad Iberoamericana de Inocuidad Alimentaria (CIBICA) will be hosting a virtual event for World Food Safety Day with the participation of professionals and experts in food safety from across the Ibero-American region.
The event will feature:
Live broadcasts from various Ibero-American countries
Discussions on food safety and regional commitment to safer food
A special message to mark this important day
The premiere of a collaborative musical piece titled “Where the Voices of Ibero-America Unite”, a symbolic expression of unity and food safety culture across our [...]
The Brazilian Research Group “Risk and Resilience in Food Safety – GERRSAL,” coordinated by Professor Elke Stedefeldt, will host a national webinar to bring together undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and food safety professionals. Brazilian universities, agencies, organizations, and foundations have been invited to join the Group in promoting activities and encouraging broader participation in this discussion. The aim is to mobilize institutions across the country in a unified effort to raise awareness and strengthen food safety practices. [...]
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil is planning a World Food Safety Day symposium to bring together regulatory agencies, research institutions, and academic organizations to exchange knowledge, present scientific approaches, and strengthen partnerships in the field of food safety.
Date: 6 June 2025Time: 08:30-16:30 (Brasilia time)Location: National Institute for Quality Control in Health (INCQS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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World Food Safety Day 2025 events
A World Food Safety Day event is being organized by the General Coordination of Food Safety at the regulatory and supervisory body for the production, marketing and consumption of agricultural products in Ecuador, AGROCALIDAD, which is attached to the Ministry of Agriculture of Ecuador.
The event is organized with the support of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), as the IX Food Safety Seminar, with the theme "Science in Action."
Date: Wednesday 4 JuneTime: 08:30–13:30 Ecuador timeVenue: Auditorium of the [...]
To celebrate World Food Safety Day 2025 the Faculty of Chemical Sciences at the National University of Asunción in Paraguay will host an in-person seminar highlighting scientific approaches to ensuring food safety across different industries. The seminar is titled “Seminario de Inocuidad Alimentaria 2025 – La Ciencia en Acción”.
Organized by Prof. Mag. Vanessa Martínez Cuevas, the seminar will open with remarks in recognition of World Food Safety Day, followed by the screening of a video created by students from the Hygiene and Food Safety [...]
One of the aims of the Action to support implementation of Codex AMR texts (ACT) project is to raise awareness among stakeholders along the food production chain, about the need for responsible and prudent use of antimicrobials. When these drugs are overused or misused, they can become ineffective against bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic infections, leading to what is known as antimicrobial resistance, or AMR.
The ACT project is being implemented in six countries. Two of these are Bolivia (Plurinational State [...]
Great progress was made in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the Plurinational State of Bolivia at the end of January, when officials and professionals met to agree on next steps for introducing e-prescriptions for veterinary antimicrobial drugs. The move is a bid to combat the threat of foodborne AMR in the country by restricting access to and overuse of some drugs, which are becoming ineffective against some bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic organisms, causing a threat to life.
The [...]
por el Punto de Contacto Codex de Chile
El día 12 de diciembre de 2024 se realizó en la FAO de Santiago una sesión simulada de la reunión internacional del Codex Alimentarius con un programa conjunto sobre Normas Alimentarias Comité del Codex sobre cacao y chocolate.
En la bienvenida a la actividad participaron Hernán Chiriboga, representante de IICA en Chile y Joao Intini, Oficial de Políticas y Sistemas Alimentarios para América Latina y el Caribe de FAO. Posteriormente, la sesión simulada estuvo [...]
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