Refresco France, a food company specializing in beverage packaging, is committed to raising employee awareness about the food safety issues surrounding the products we package... and also the products they consume! So, they invited them to enjoy some crepes, after exposing them to a UV lamp that unmasked the germs! They got playful, painting the handrails and door handles with developer, so their hands became fluorescent every time. After washing their hands, each employee was able to enjoy crepes with chocolate [...]

World Food Safety Day was marked in Türkiye with a high-level event held on 3 June 2025, coordinated by the General Directorate of Food and Control under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The event, hosted by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, İbrahim Yumaklı, brought together a wide range of participants, including representatives from international organizations, public institutions, academia, civil society, and the food industry. In his opening speech, Minister Yumaklı emphasized the significance of this year’s theme, “Food Safety: Science [...]

On 4 June, together with the InterAmerican Institute for Agricultural Cooperation (IICA) in Ecuador, Agrocalidad, Ecuador’s Agency for Phytosanitary Regulation and Control, held its 9th Food Safety Seminar, titled: Science in Action, promoting the creation of Ecuador’s Food Safety Risk Analysis Committee. This event attracted more than 250 participants, including students, agricultural producers and the public sector. Find social media coverage here X post | X post | Facebook | Facebook* Additionally, on 6 June the third edition of the 5K race for World Food [...]

Students of the Kazakh Agrotechnical Research University named after S.Seifullin and Associate Professor Laura Auteleeva (Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana) congratulate everyone on World Food Safety Day, with the slogan “Food safety is our priority!” They produced a music video on Codex Alimentarius and food safety, which was distributed across social media: Watch the video: https://youtube.com/shorts/qd_wgxHdMz8?si=vN-9imsSwHNetJrF* 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 [...]

In celebration of World Food Safety Day, the Oladayo Oduwole Nutrition Foundation organized a webinar as part of their Nutrition Through the Lifecycle webinar Series. This event provided a valuable opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of food safety and its impact on public health. The guest speaker, Aina Olugbenga Stephen, Director at the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and former President of the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST), shared [...]

The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), chair of the United Arab Emirates Codex Committee (UAE-NCC) organized a workshop on the “Evaluation of National Codex Programmes in the United Arab Emirates” on 14 and 15 May 2025, in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MOIAT), being the Codex Alimentarius Focal Point, and the Global Food Science Society (GFoRSS). The members of the UAE-NCC as well as representatives from Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority, other [...]

In Georgia, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been training farmers, and especially women farmers, on modern dairy farming practices and innovative cheese production methods as well as in relevant food safety standards. The Farmer Field School-based training is facilitated by FAO, and the training is made possible through a Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) project, implemented in partnership with UN Women, as well as the European Union (EU) and Sweden under the European [...]

On 5 June 2025, the Mekong Institute (MI), in partnership with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), held a workshop to launch the Mekong CREATES (Mekong Capacity-Building for Resilient and Enhanced Agricultural Technologies and Food Systems) project in Khon Kaen, Thailand, marking World Food Safety Day 2025. The event gathered stakeholders from Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, and Viet Nam to discuss critical links between food safety and climate change. The workshop highlighted how climate change impacts food safety risks, promoted [...]

Via Rovigo Indústria, Comércio e Distribuição de Produtos Alimentícios S.A. / Pot of Foods, a food distribution company located in São Paulo, Brazil, celebrated World Food Safety Day 2025 with a dedicated Food Safety Week, held 3– 6 June, under the global theme “Science in Action.” The company involved 100 percent of its employees in a series of practical and educational activities designed to reinforce food safety culture and promote the application of scientific principles in daily operations. Key initiatives included staff training on hygiene, [...]

On 6 June, the National Institute for Quality Control in Health, INCQS/Fiocruz, held a symposium to celebrate World Food Safety Day under the theme “Food Safety: Science in Action.”  The event gathered around 200 participants and featured expert presentations from the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA), and INCQS highlighting key topics such as chemical contaminants in food, the role of proficiency testing, and the link between ultra-processed foods and [...]