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 spoke about “How does the risk analysis paradigm support efficient food control systems?” and Anne Ancia, WHO Representative in Mauritius, who spoke on “WHO role in promoting food safety in Mauritius.”

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