On 8 June 2026, a Workshop on Food Additive Risk Assessment was held in Nanjing, China. The event was jointly organized by the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) and Nanjing Medical University, with support from the Shanghai Junshi Institute of Life Sciences. The workshop brought together leading experts in food safety risk assessment, including representatives from the Secretariat of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) and seven senior JECFA experts. Participants exchanged views on [...]

On 8 June, FAO hosted a high-level hybrid event titled From standards to solutions: advancing a One Health approach through implementation of Codex AMR texts to reduce foodborne antimicrobial resistance. Held on the sidelines of FAO Council week and in honour of World Food Safety Day, the event explored how Codex texts can provide solutions to the global burden of foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In discussing the successes of the FAO-implemented and Republic of Korea-funded Action to support implementation of [...]

Global food safety non-profit SSAFE has published a new Knowledge Paper arguing for the importance to move beyond binary "safe versus not safe" thinking toward a more integrated, risk-based approach. Written by food policy veteran Steven J. Wearne and developed in partnership with FAO's Markus Lipp, the paper contends that the highly conservative safety margins built into standard risk assessment processes can undermine food security and sustainability when applied rigidly — and that a more pragmatic framework is needed to support [...]

Happy World Food safety Day! This year, the celebrations are led by WHO and are centred on the theme “From burden to solutions: safe food everywhere”. The Directors-General of both FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) have recorded messages in celebration of the Day.  As part of this year’s celebrations, WHO has released the estimates of the global burden of foodborne diseases 2000–2021 (2026 edition). Referencing this release of data, WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said in a video message, [...]

With just two days to go to World Food Safety Day, FAO has published a new podcast in their series, The Work We Do, with Codex Secretary, Sarah Cahill. In this episode, Katrin Park, the host, sits down with the Codex Secretary to break down the complex world of international food standards for an audience that is not necessarily familiar with the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. In the podcast, Sarah explains how Codex was created, how standards are developed, why [...]

This year's World Food Safety Day theme is "From burden to solutions - safe food everywhere". Both FAO and the Codex Alimentarius provide solutions to the burden of foodborne illness. In celebration of World Food Safety Day, FAO has published a new feature on "The inspector at the border", which offers a glimpse into the work of food inspectors responsible for helping ensure that imported food meets national requirements and food safety standards.  The story underscores the importance of effective food control systems in protecting [...]

It’s five days to go until World Food Safety Day 2026! Have you registered for the webinar on FAO’s new Risk-based Inspection Resource Kit? To mark World Food Safety Day 2026, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will host a webinar on 16 June 2026 highlighting practical approaches to strengthening risk-based food inspection programmes. Aligned with this year’s World Food Safety Day theme, “From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere,” the webinar will examine how risk-based inspection [...]

值此粮农组织第一八一届理事会会议召开暨2026年世界食品安全日庆祝活动之际，粮农组织举办本次边会，展示“支持实施食典抗微生物药物耐药性文本行动”项目的成功经验。 本次线上线下相结合边会为期一小时，主题为“从标准到解决方案：借助食品法典抗微生物药物耐药性文本推进‘同一个健康’方针，减少食源性抗微生物药物耐药性”。会上，来自粮农组织参与“支持实施食典抗微生物药物耐药性文本行动”项目各司的代表、项目国家、项目供资方、大韩民国和其他在此重要议题上发挥全球领导作用的国家的代表将发言。 本次活动将由粮农组织与大韩民国高级代表分别致开幕辞。随后，食品法典委员会秘书Sarah Cahill将发言，介绍“支持实施食典抗微生物药物耐药性文本行动”项目，并阐述食典文本在应对食源性抗微生物药物耐药性方面的重要作用。之后将举行两场专题讨论。第一场专题讨论的发言方包括“支持实施食典抗微生物药物耐药性文本行动”项目国家多民族玻利维亚国和蒙古，以及粮农组织畜牧生产及动物卫生司和农业粮食体系及食品安全司的代表。 本次活动将提供联合国全部六种官方语言口译服务（阿拉伯文、中文、英文、法文、俄文、西班牙文） 点击此处注册 阅读更多 2026年世界食品安全日

There's just one week to go before World Food Safety Day! This year’s theme, “From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere” focuses on WHO’s upcoming report on data collected and analysed to understand the global burden of foodborne diseases, and the responses that can then be targeted at tackling them. As part of this year’s campaign, throughout June, WHO will host a series of webinars presenting this new global evidence on the burden of foodborne diseases and the methodologies underpinning [...]

As we gear up for this year’s celebrations, the World Food Safety Day team has put together a “Programme of events” outlining the different activities being organized by FAO, WHO and Codex to expand on the 2026 theme “From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere”. The programme is posted on the homepage of the World Food Safety Day website. World Food Safety Day this year is led by WHO and focuses on the release of the updated WHO estimates of [...]