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World Food Safety Day / Emirate sustains food safety efforts with awards and awareness

In celebration of World Food Safety Day, Ras Al Khaimah Municipality, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), hosted a special ceremony to honour the winners of the second edition of the Ras Al Khaimah Food Safety Award, held under the theme: “Food Safety: Science in Action”. The award aims to encourage and motivate food establishments across the emirate to maintain sustainable compliance, elevate food safety and quality standards, and ultimately prevent or reduce foodborne illnesses. The event was attended by His [...]
24 June 2025

World Food Safety Day / Indian food safety consultants spread the word

NXG Food Safety Works, a food safety consultancy firm, observed World Food Safety Day with a series of science-driven activities across multiple platforms to promote awareness on food safety and the importance of managing unexpected risks through systematic, evidence-based approaches. The activities commenced in the first week of June and built up to World Food Safety Day on 7 June.  On 6 June 2025, NXG Food Safety Works hosted a 90-minute live knowledge session titled “Safe to Serve – The Scientific [...]
24 June 2025

World Food Safety Day / Mexico food company reinforces employee awareness

To commemorate World Food Safety Day, Alimentos KAY — a food processing company — organized a series of activities focused on strengthening food safety culture. Highlights included a conference on the theme “Food Safety Culture” and a reinforcement of the company’s internal food safety policy. In addition, both operational and administrative staff took part in games and interactive activities designed to reinforce their knowledge of quality and food safety, fostering a shared commitment to safe food practices. Read more World Food Safety Day [...]
24 June 2025

World Food Safety Day / Pakistan calls for action

A World Food Safety Day event in Islamabad concluded with a national symposium titled “Science in Action: If it is not safe, it is not food” on 17 June. Organized by IMPACT Research International with regional food authorities, the event gathered policymakers, scientists, diplomats, and development partners to discuss Pakistan’s food safety challenges and promote science-based solutions. One of the key sessions, focused on investment and policy for a safe food environment, and featured Catherine Bessy, Senior Food Safety Officer at FAO, who [...]
24 June 2025

Celebrating World Food Safety Day 2025 in Ukraine

 To commemorate World Food Safety Day 2025, the WHO Country Office in Ukraine organized a series of public engagement activities aimed at raising awareness about food safety. Observing this day has become an annual tradition for the office, and this year’s efforts once again highlighted the importance of safe food practices. Key activities included: An interactive food safety quiz launched through Instagram Stories, designed to educate audiences in an engaging and accessible format. Production of the Ukrainian language version voiceover of WHO’s “5 [...]
24 June 2025

World Food Safety Day / Spain focuses on food safety culture

To mark World Food Safety Day, the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition held a conference titled “Food Safety Culture: From Theory to Practice.” World Food Safety Day, celebrated every year on 7 June since 2019, serves as a key date to reflect on the importance of ensuring the availability of safe food for all consumers, and what better way to commemorate this day than by talking about a fundamental concept: food safety culture? The conference highlighted the importance of taking [...]
22 June 2025

World Food Safety Day / Bangladesh event unveils food safety magazine and calls for collaboration

The Bangladesh Food Safety Foundation (BFSF) organized a seminar and unveiling of a magazine on 21 June 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh with Saidur Rahman, Secretary of the Health Services Division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as the Chief Guest. The seminar focused on the “Use of science for better management of food safety: Bangladesh perspective.” Preceding the seminar's presentations, the guests on the dais performed the ceremonial unveiling of 'Nirapod Khadyo Kothon” (Food Safety Talks), the Bangladesh [...]
22 June 2025

World Food Safety Day / Poland leading the international dialogue on safe and sustainable food systems

In line with this year’s World Food Safety Day theme, the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium, hosted an international event on 10 June 2025, titled “Food Safety: Science in Action.” The meeting was organized by the Agricultural and Food Quality Inspection (AFQI), which acts as the Codex Contact Point for Poland, in collaboration with Poland’s Permanent Representation to the European Union and the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels. The venue of the event [...]
22 June 2025

World Food Safety Day / Peruvian food supplier in action

Danper Trujillo SAC, reaffirming its commitment to the production of healthy, nutritious and safe food, celebrated World Food Safety Day for the fourth consecutive year.  As part of this important date, we organized a special day in collaboration with the Graduate Unit of Agricultural Sciences of the National University of Trujillo (UNT), which brought together our suppliers, strategic allies and university students from various specialties related to the agro-industrial sector to strengthen public knowledge on food safety. During this special day there [...]
22 June 2025

World Food Safety Day / Food safety awareness video to educate children

A young food safety enthusiast has created a food safety vide aimed at children to raise awareness about food safety on the occasion of World Food Safety Day. The videos are shared across social media platforms Watch the video https://youtu.be/uQdTIRyqxHg?feature=shared* Read more World Food Safety Day 2025 news   * Please note, FAO, WHO and the World Food Safety Day team do not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of the data, information or messages or any other material contained in these links, any copyright claims for [...]
22 June 2025
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