A planning webinar has been organized for all those intending to celebrate World Food Safety Day this year, on 7 April at 13:00 CEST. Experts from WHO, FAO and the Codex Secretariat will explain more about this year’s theme, From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere. The theme looks forward to the release by WHO of the estimates of the global burden of foodborne disease (known as the FERG report), in the week before World Food Safety Day. This report [...]

The World Food Safety Day 2026 campaign has launched with details of this year’s theme:  “From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere”. Led by the World Health Organization (WHO), this year’s campaign is dedicated to highlighting the burden of foodborne diseases and the science-based solutions that can prevent them. Central to the 2026 theme is the upcoming release of updated WHO estimates of the foodborne disease burden, which will be published in June in a key findings report accompanied by [...]

Ghana joined the rest of the world to celebrate the World Food Safety Day on the 18 June 2025, with a symposium. The celebration was spearheaded by the National Codex Committee to create awareness on the role science plays in ensuring food safety through standards. The celebration brought together participants from various government institutions, academia, and research institutions, including the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Fisheries Commission, Ghana Standards Authority, Food and Drugs Authority, University of Ghana, Council for [...]

In Iraq, the Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (COSQC), in collaboration with Karwanchi Group held a symposium titled "World Food Safety Day and its role in promoting food standards and specifications" on Monday 28 July 2025, to mark World Food Safety Day 2025. The symposium focused on the importance of food safety in protecting public health and enhancing the quality of food products, as well as the role of food standards in protecting consumer rights, promoting trust, and ensuring [...]

World Food Safety Day was celebrated this year under the theme of “Food safety: science in action”. This theme acknowledged the role of the FAO/WHO Food Safety Scientific Advice Programme in informing the knowledge and guidance that underpins the food safety and quality standards set by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, and the advice imparted to countries by the two facilitating organizations, FAO and WHO. The theme went further, however, by underlining that for food to be safe, the standards that are [...]

On World Food Safety Day, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) joined international organizations dedicated to food safety in commemorating the Day under the theme "Food Safety: Science in Action." This year's theme highlighted how scientific knowledge is crucial for preventing foodborne illnesses and enhancing overall food safety. From farm to fork, science underpins every stage of the food chain—it helps identify risks, develop safety measures, and build consumer trust. With support from the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, [...]

Hanoi, 7 June 2025 The National Institute of Animal Science (NIAS) in Viet Nam, with technical support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and the World Health Organization (WHO), held a forum on 7 June to mark World Food Safety Day 2025, under the theme “Food Safety: Science in Action.” The forum message puts science at the heart of food safety – from farm to table. It calls for stronger collaboration [...]

Bandar Seri Begawan, Wednesday, 2 July 2025 The Brunei Darussalam Food Authority (BDFA) conducted a workshop in celebration of World Food Safety Day. The one-day workshop held at Dewan Al-‘Afiah, Ministry of Health, was officiated by Yang Mulia Dayang Hajah Tutiaty binti Haji Abdul Wahab, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism, who is also a member of the BDFA Board of Directors. The Guest of Honour in her remarks, expressed her appreciation to BDFA for organizing the [...]

FAO Nepal supported several activities for World Food Safety Day this year, with contributions and support from the Action to support implementation of Codex AMR texts (ACT) project in Nepal. These activities included college-level awareness events on food safety, nutrition, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). On 4 June, the College Awareness Programme on Food Safety and Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) was organized at Golden Gate International College, Kathmandu, Nepal, where 60–80 students from six colleges within the Kathmandu Valley participated. The [...]

In Mongolia, the Action to support implementation of Codex AMR texts (ACT) project supported national celebrations of World Food Safety Day in several ways. On 20 May, the ACT team in the country conducted training on Codex and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) for students at the Food Technology Institute. They delivered the presentations on World Food Safety Day, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, AMR and antimicrobial use (AMU) to an audience of 58. A relevant news article can be found below. On 2 [...]