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 [...]

The Eighteenth Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF18) will take place 23–27 June 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. We spoke to Sally Hoffer, from the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, who will chair CCCF18 on behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, to find out more about the agenda of the Committee, its highlights and her expectations for this session. Sally, thank you once again for your time. This is going to be the fifth time [...]

Dans le cadre de la Journée internationale de la sécurité sanitaire des aliments célébrée le 7 juin 2025, Agro Food Industrie (AFI), filiale du groupe SONOCO basée en Guinée, partage sa participation à cet événement mondial. À travers une série d’activités de sensibilisation, de formation et de communication interne, l’équipe s’est mobilisée autour du thème 2025 pour renforcer la culture qualité et sécurité des aliments, conformément aux référentiels ISO 9001 :2015 et FSSC 22000 V5.1, récemment obtenus par l’entreprise. Ces actions ont [...]

In celebration of World Food Safety Day, Cuba carried out the following activities: On 3 June, the National Codex Alimentarius Workshop was held in Havana, Cuba, with the participation of more than 80 experts, specialists, operators, technicians, and managers from the food chain, health authorities, and other stakeholders. The workshop was organized by the Cuban Codex Focal Point. On 5 June, an exchange workshop was held by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment and the Ministry of Food Industry with [...]

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic is reinforcing its commitment to food safety with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and the Codex Trust Fund (CTF). A high-level advocacy meeting and a Codex orientation workshop were held in Vientiane, Lao PDR from 20 to 22 May 2025, organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Food and Drug Department. The events aimed to raise awareness among [...]

As an initial and strategic step to reinforce the national Codex programme in Cambodia — especially following the restructuring of competent authorities responsible for Codex — a High-Level Advocacy Meeting and a Codex Orientation Workshop were held in Phnom Penh from 27 to 29 May 2025 with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and the Codex Trust Fund. These events were organized in collaboration with the [...]