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 [...]

More than 1000 people attended World Food Safety Day events at beverage company Grupo Jumex plants in central Mexico and 300 plants abroad. Topics such as the application of good manufacturing practices, standards that ensure food safety and the technological processes involved in food preservation were addressed. Employees also reinforced their knowledge about methods of analysis to detect food safety hazards, how food becomes contaminated and risk assessment principles applied in the plants. Read more World Food Safety Day 2025 news  

The Japan Food Safety Management Association (JFSM) commemorated World Food Safety Day on 7 June in a hybrid event. This year marks the fourth time the event has been held. A total of 436 people participated in the event, both on-site and online. According to JFSM, they received many positive comments from participants such as, "I really sympathized with the theme of 'Actions based on scientific evidence lead to food safety", "The programme was very good learning opportunity with its advanced content, [...]

Nairobi, Kenya In Kenya, this year’s WFSD celebrations were spearheaded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, in collaboration with key players of the National Food Control System. The event brought together government ministries, departments and agencies, the private sector, development partners, and scientific institutions in a coordinated effort to promote food safety across the nation. Virtual Webinars to Galvanize Scientific Collaboration The national World Food Safety Day celebrations were held on 6 June. The week leading up to World Food Safety [...]

Lusubilo Mwamakamba (WHO AFRO), Hakim Mufumbiro (CCAFRICA), Sansan Kambire (FAO RAF)  To mark World Food Safety Day 2025, the Regional Offices for Africa of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO RAF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the African Union–InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), and the FAO/WHO Codex Coordinating Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA) jointly hosted a regional webinar on 12 June 2025. The webinar brought together stakeholders from across Africa’s food sector, including representatives from government competent authorities, academia, research [...]

Lusubilo Mwamakamba (WHO AFRO), Hakim Mufumbiro (CCAFRICA), Sansan Kambire (FAO RAF)  To mark World Food Safety Day 2025, the Regional Offices for Africa of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO RAF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the African Union–InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), and the FAO/WHO Codex Coordinating Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA) jointly hosted a regional webinar on 12 June 2025. The webinar brought together stakeholders from across Africa’s food sector, including representatives from government competent authorities, academia, research [...]

As part of World Food Safety Day, celebrated on 7 June 2025, Agro Food Industrie (AFI), a subsidiary of the SONOCO group based in Guinea, shares its participation in this global event. Through a series of awareness-raising, training, and internal communication activities, the team mobilized around the 2025 theme to strengthen the food quality and safety culture, in accordance with the ISO 9001:2015 and FSSC 22000 V5.1 standards, which the company recently obtained. These actions were carried out with the aim of:  Promoting [...]

En saludo al Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los alimentos Cuba realizó las actividades siguientes: El 3 de junio se celebró el Taller Nacional del Codex Alimentarius en La Habana, Cuba, con la participación de más de 80 expertos, especialistas operarios, técnicos y directivos de los actores de la Cadena alimentaria, autoridades sanitarias y otras partes interesadas, organizado por el Punto Focal del Codex de Cuba. El 5 de junio se celebró un taller de intercambio organizado por el Ministerio de [...]

En el marco del Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos 2025, el Comité Nacional del Codex Alimentarius (CNCA) lideró el conversatorio que reunió a diversas instituciones públicas y académicas, con el objetivo de promover el conocimiento y la cultura de la inocuidad alimentaria en el Ecuador. En este evento, se resaltó el papel fundamental que desempeña la ciencia y la colaboración interinstitucional para garantizar alimentos seguros y de calidad para toda la población.  Durante la jornada, se abordaron avances [...]

Por tercer año consecutivo, Omex Alimentaria, una empresa orgullosamente mexicana dedicada a la producción de carnes frías y lácteos, celebró el Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos con una feria nacional llena de actividades lúdicas inspiradas en juegos tradicionales como la lotería y la pirinola, adaptados para reforzar conocimientos clave en buenas prácticas de manufactura, programa de prerrequisitos y control de peligros. Más de 1000 colaboradores participaron simultáneamente en distintas ubicaciones del país, involucrando a toda la cadena [...]