The FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and the WHO Regional Office for Europe will present a World Food Safety Day webinar under the title “Food Safety in Europe and Central Asia: Past, present and future” on Friday, 10 June. The event will take place live on Zoom in English and Russian.

Recognizing this year’s World Food Safety Day theme, “Safer food, better health" the event will highlight the vital role of food safety in saving lives of millions, and ensuring fair trade all over the world. The panel will talk about historical events which influenced early food control activities and led to critical progress in food safety management; priorities in today’s world for public and private actors to ensure the safety of food produced and consumed, and how these priorities are being addressed; and finally, the challenges and opportunities the future holds for food safety assurance.

The webinar is targeting all the actors in the food chain, particularly, policy-makers and food safety authorities in the Member Countries in the region, as well as food producers and associations, non-governmental organizations, academia, and consumer groups.

Webinar Overview

Moderators

Mary Kenny - Food Safety and Consumer Protection Officer, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

Peter Sousa Hoejskov - Technical Officer for Food Safety and Zoonotic Diseases, WHO Regional Office for Europe

Panelists

Džemil Hajrić, Director, Food Safety Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Arykbaeva Bubuzhan Kamchybekovna, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic

Milen Georgiev, Coordinator of the EFSA Emerging Risks Exchange Network

Paul Brereton, Director of Strategic Alliances, Queen’s University, Belfast, United Kingdom

The webinar will be held in English with simultaneous translation into Russian.

Date & time: 10 June 11:00-12:15 CEST

Register  

https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QIKJJVAZRImrgwd2tFWCwA