The Institute of Food Quality, Safety, and Security at the Ricardo Palma University in Peru has issued a call for papers and scientifically reviewed posters on the central theme of “Innovative scientific, technological, and other applications to ensure food safety for humans and animals”. These will be selected for a seminar to be held at the university 9 June in celebration of World Food Safety Day. The call is open to all students and graduates at any university licensed by the [...]

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 Read more 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 [...]

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 [...]

Members and Observers from over 30 countries will meet in Mexico City, Mexico, from 25 February to 1 March 2025 to develop standards at the 23rd session of the Codex Committee on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (CCFFV). Hosted by Mexico, this year the meeting will be chaired for the first time by Andrea Genoveva Solano Rendón, Head, Unidad de Normatividad, Competitividad y Competencia, Secretaría de Economía, Mexico.  Andrea, thank you for your time. As a first-time Chairperson of CCFFV, what are [...]

by the Codex Contact Point of Chile A simulation of a session of the Codex Committee on Cocoa Products and Chocolate (CCCPC) was held on 12 December 2024 at the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile. The event was organized by ACHIPIA, with the support of IICA, FAO and the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN). Hernán Chiriboga, Representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Chile, and Joao Intini, FAO Food [...]

With the growth in the international trade in food comes the need to be able to prevent, detect and manage foodborne diseases across borders. Foodborne diseases can occur even when there are robust food control systems in place and can cause illness across the globe. In these cases, the FAO/WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) facilitates the rapid exchange of the information needed between different national authorities to enable them to address cases of foodborne disease outbreak in a [...]

María de los Angeles Gatica is the regional coordinator for the Action to support implementation of Codex AMR texts (ACT) project, which helps countries contain foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR). She is one of the youngest project leaders across FAO. We spoke to her about her role and about what has motivated her to help the ACT project to its impressive successes so far. Can you tell us about your personal background? I grew up in a rural community on the outskirts of [...]

The FAO-implemented and Republic of Korea-funded Action to support implementation of Codex AMR texts (ACT) project is being carried out in six countries, of which one is the Plurinational State of Bolivia. Here, the Project has made great progress in helping the national authorities improve governance of the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and has supported training to improve surveillance and monitoring of foodborne AMR. Carolina Tejerina is a protagonist in these activities, and we spoke with her to find out [...]