Staff at the Marriott Hotel in Lagos celebrated in a day of food safety awareness raising. The event started with a welcome note from the General Manager to all attendees. There was a presentation for the day by the Hygiene and Food Safety Manager, Victoria Ofoji Macaulay. This was followed by a discussion session led by various dignitaries spanning the food chain who spoke on their roles in safeguarding food. There was also an art challenge session, where participants were encouraged to [...]

Djibouti, 1 June, 2025 The Djibouti Agency for Standards and Quality (ADN) organized a training and orientation workshop for members of the Technical Committee for Food Standardization (CTN001) 1–2 June 2025. This training is part of the European Union-funded programme "Promoting Regional Economic Integration in the Horn of Africa through the Development of the Djibouti Corridor," managed by the French Development Agency and implemented by TradeMark Africa. This strategic workshop, officially inaugurated by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Trade and [...]

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) celebrated World Food Safety Day with a release of a range of communication materials designed to raise awareness of how science-based approaches help address food safety challenges and prevent foodborne risks. These activities are also being promoted in the framework of the joint Safe2EatEU campaign, conducted in collaboration with EU Member States. A podcast episode with EFSA’s chief scientist, Carlos das Neves, featuring insights into regulatory science, the role of scientific evidence in food safety, and the day-to-day work [...]

Las tres autoridades sanitarias de Perú – la Dirección General de Salud Ambiental (DIGESA), la Autoridad Nacional de Sanidad e Inocuidad en Pesca y Acuicultura(SANIPES) y el Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria del Perú (SENASA) – organizaron conjuntamente un evento de dos días para celebrar el Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos. El programa incluyó sesiones virtuales accesibles a través de Zoom y YouTube, con debates e intercambio de conocimientos sobre temas de inocuidad alimentaria. Fecha: 5 y 6 de [...]

World Food Safety Day is here! And we’re encouraging everyone this year to promote “Food safety: science in action”. Hundreds of events have been planned around the world, some of them have announcements posted on the World Food Safety Day website. Since its first celebration in 2019, World Food Safety Day has really taken root – and for that, we must say a big thank you to all those who have recognized that “Food safety is everyone’s business”! "Food Safety: Science in [...]

The 34th session of the Codex Committee on General Principles (CCGP) has concluded in Lille, France, from June 2-6, 2025 with key discussions revolving around updating the Codex Procedural Manual. The committee agreed to forward several proposed changes to the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) for adoption, which reflected ongoing efforts to enhance clarity and efficiency in the fundamental text. These updates aim to refine existing procedures and ensure the Codex Procedural Manual remains the compass for Codex vital work. Jean Luc [...]

As part of the Shizunou Consortium Project of Hokkaido Shizunai Agricultural High School, on 23 May, Masanori Kotani, President and Secretary General of Japan’s Food Safety Management Association (JFSM) delivered an online lecture to second-year students at Hokkaido Shizunai Agricultural High School on the themes of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s “Five keys to safer food”, "Introduction to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points system" and "World Food Safety Day". Building on last year’s lecture, this year's session included quizzes, making [...]

Schools across the Municipality of Alcobaça, Portugal, participated in Food Safety Week from 26 to 30 May, in anticipation of World Food Safety Day on 7 June. This year's edition, themed “Science in Action”, involved 700 children from the municipality. On 30 May, the Alfeizerão School Center welcomed Ana Filipa Pereira, a technician from the Alcobaça Municipal Council, known as “Pipa Vitamina” who organized interactive activities. In the classroom, students conducted physical-chemical experiments and visualized plates with microorganisms to emphasize the [...]

The Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Mauritius hosted a webinar on food safety to mark World Food Safety Day. The event was convened by Associate Professor Daya Goburdhun and featured two guest speakers from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The event was aimed at academia, university students, stakeholders from the food sector, regulators, the hotel sector and food testing labs. Speakers included Catherine Bessy, Senior Food Safety Officer at FAO, who [...]

The 34th session of the Codex Committee on General Principles (CCGP) has started in Lille, France. The first of the opening remarks were delivered remotely by Annie Genevard, Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, who noted that this session marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of CCGP and of France’s chairmanship of the Committee: “Sixty years of expertise, dialogue, and methodological rigour serving a common ambition across the Codex Alimentarius: protecting consumer health and ensuring fair practices in the [...]