By Lusubilo Mwamakamba (WHO AFRO), Hakim Mufumbiro (CCAFRICA), Sansan Kambire (FAO RAF)  On 10 September 2025, the regional offices for Africa of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO RAF), the World Health Organization (WHO AFRO), the African Union–InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), the FAO/WHO Codex Coordinating Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA), and the Codex Trust Fund (CTF) Secretariat jointly hosted a continent-wide webinar. The event aimed at sharing best practices and lessons learned in strengthening national Codex [...]

The "Action to support implementation of Codex AMR Texts" (ACT) project is a FAO initiative funded by the Republic of Korea, to tackle foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by applying Codex AMR texts. The ACT project, which began in 2021 and currently runs until June 2026, is active in six countries across Asia and Latin America: Cambodia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Bolivia, and Colombia. With the project nearing the end of its lifecycle, assessing progress and shaping the way forward is now [...]

The 56th session of the Codex Committee on Pesticides Residues (CCPR) has opened in the city of Santiago, Chile, where it is being hosted by China and co-hosted by Chile. Delegates were welcomed by CCPR Chairperson, Weili Shan, who expressed his great pleasure at being able to co-host CCPR – a first for China. “Our two countries are separated by oceans and mountains; however, we will come together because we are committed to global food safety,” he said. The session was [...]

The Asia Codex and Food Regulatory Forum 2025 was held on 18–20 August 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand, in hybrid mode. The Forum was co-organized by the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST), a Codex Observer, through its disciplinary organization for food regulatory science: the Global Food Regulatory Science Society (GFoRSS), together with food science organizations in Thailand and in Asia, and was led by Aya Orito Nozawa from Japan, Chair of the upcoming 23rd session of the FAO/WHO [...]

The 56th session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) will take place in Santiago, Chile, 8–13 September. As Members prepare for the meeting, we spoke with Dr Weili Shan, Chairperson of the Committee, about pertinent issues and his own preparations for this key meeting. Dr Shan, thank you so much for taking the time to answer our questions! This is the third time you have chaired a CCPR meeting. And this is the first time since China started chairing [...]

The National Workshop on Advocacy and Dissemination of Food Safety Policy Briefs to high level policy and decision makers was held on 14 August 2025 in Dodoma, Tanzania, with support from the FAO/WHO Codex Trust Fund group project. The workshop was opened by Ashura Katunzi, Director General of the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS), and officially inaugurated by Suleiman Serere, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The event brought together permanent secretaries and directors of policy and planning (DPPs) [...]

With the support of the Independent Regulatory Authority for Health (ERIS), Cabo Verde has been strengthening its national capacities in Codex Alimentarius matters through the FAO/WHO Codex Trust Fund II (CTF II). This video is one of the outcomes of the activities carried out under the Cabo Verde CTF II Project. It seeks to raise awareness about the importance of Codex and its work, whose standards are recognized worldwide as the key references for food producers, regulatory authorities, consumers, and the [...]

In Iraq, the Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (COSQC), in collaboration with Karwanchi Group held a symposium titled "World Food Safety Day and its role in promoting food standards and specifications" on Monday 28 July 2025, to mark World Food Safety Day 2025. The symposium focused on the importance of food safety in protecting public health and enhancing the quality of food products, as well as the role of food standards in protecting consumer rights, promoting trust, and ensuring [...]

The Action to support Implementation of Codex AMR texts (ACT) project will be featured at the 5th Global Conference on Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance (GCFA), taking place on 16–17 September 2025 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Hosted by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of the Republic of Korea, the GCFA provides a global platform for sharing knowledge and experiences on tackling foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR). “As the ACT project approaches its conclusion in 2026, the conference offers a timely opportunity [...]

World Food Safety Day was celebrated this year under the theme of “Food safety: science in action”. This theme acknowledged the role of the FAO/WHO Food Safety Scientific Advice Programme in informing the knowledge and guidance that underpins the food safety and quality standards set by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, and the advice imparted to countries by the two facilitating organizations, FAO and WHO. The theme went further, however, by underlining that for food to be safe, the standards that are [...]