Happy World Food safety Day! This year, the celebrations are led by WHO and are centred on the theme “From burden to solutions: safe food everywhere”. The Directors-General of both FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) have recorded messages in celebration of the Day.  As part of this year’s celebrations, WHO has released the estimates of the global burden of foodborne diseases 2000–2021 (2026 edition). Referencing this release of data, WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said in a video message, [...]

With just two days to go to World Food Safety Day, FAO has published a new podcast in their series, The Work We Do, with Codex Secretary, Sarah Cahill. In this episode, Katrin Park, the host, sits down with the Codex Secretary to break down the complex world of international food standards for an audience that is not necessarily familiar with the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. In the podcast, Sarah explains how Codex was created, how standards are developed, why [...]

This year's World Food Safety Day theme is "From burden to solutions - safe food everywhere". Both FAO and the Codex Alimentarius provide solutions to the burden of foodborne illness. In celebration of World Food Safety Day, FAO has published a new feature on "The inspector at the border", which offers a glimpse into the work of food inspectors responsible for helping ensure that imported food meets national requirements and food safety standards.  The story underscores the importance of effective food control systems in protecting [...]

Romania celebrated World Food Safety Day 2026 with the seventh edition of the “Youth and Food Safety – PolySafeFood” Competition, an official satellite event held under the theme “From challenges to solutions – Safe food everywhere.” The competition invited middle school, high school and university students to explore key food safety issues and propose innovative solutions. A total of 218 participants from 17 counties submitted scientific posters and short video presentations. The best projects advanced to a live event held on [...]

It’s five days to go until World Food Safety Day 2026! Have you registered for the webinar on FAO’s new Risk-based Inspection Resource Kit? To mark World Food Safety Day 2026, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will host a webinar on 16 June 2026 highlighting practical approaches to strengthening risk-based food inspection programmes. Aligned with this year’s World Food Safety Day theme, “From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere,” the webinar will examine how risk-based inspection [...]

En el marco del 181.º período de sesiones del Consejo de la FAO y con motivo de las celebraciones del Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos de este año, se ha organizado un acto paralelo para destacar los logros del proyecto de la FAO “Acción de apoyo a la aplicación de los textos del Codex sobre la RAM” (Proyecto ACT). Bajo el título “De las normas a las soluciones: promover un enfoque de ‘Una sola salud’ mediante la aplicación [...]

En el marco de las celebraciones del Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos 2026, la Asociación de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos de Euskadi (ACTAE) organizó una sesión de networking B2B dirigida a sus miembros durante el encuentro sectorial «Food 4 Future», celebrado en el Bilbao Exhibition Centre. La iniciativa sirvió como espacio de intercambio entre profesionales del sector para reflexionar sobre los retos actuales de la seguridad alimentaria y promover acciones que contribuyan a reforzarla a lo [...]

In 2026, Zensho Co. Ltd. participated in World Food Safety Day for the fourth consecutive year. Building upon the experience gained in the previous year, the Manufacturing Division independently planned and designed the programme, implementing activities aligned with this year’s theme: “From burden to solutions: safe food everywhere.” At the outset, a lecture was delivered utilizing the Company’s internal guidebook, which is based on Codex Alimentarius standards, covering key topics such as food safety management systems, Good Hygiene Practices (GHPs), and Hazard [...]

The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), through its Occupational Safety and Health Unit, promotes food safety awareness among military contingents (blue helmets) and civilian personnel in celebration of World Food Safety Day 2026. The initiative focuses on disseminating the WHO and FAO “5 Keys to Safer Food” and strengthening a culture of food safety within the Mission. To support outreach and engagement, MONUSCO developed educational materials, including an AI-based video in English with [...]

There's just one week to go before World Food Safety Day! This year’s theme, “From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere” focuses on WHO’s upcoming report on data collected and analysed to understand the global burden of foodborne diseases, and the responses that can then be targeted at tackling them. As part of this year’s campaign, throughout June, WHO will host a series of webinars presenting this new global evidence on the burden of foodborne diseases and the methodologies underpinning [...]