On 4 June, together with the InterAmerican Institute for Agricultural Cooperation (IICA) in Ecuador, Agrocalidad, Ecuador’s Agency for Phytosanitary Regulation and Control, held its 9th Food Safety Seminar, titled: Science in Action, promoting the creation of Ecuador’s Food Safety Risk Analysis Committee. This event attracted more than 250 participants, including students, agricultural producers and the public sector. Find social media coverage here X post | X post | Facebook | Facebook* Additionally, on 6 June the third edition of the 5K race for World Food [...]

Students of the Kazakh Agrotechnical Research University named after S.Seifullin and Associate Professor Laura Auteleeva (Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana) congratulate everyone on World Food Safety Day, with the slogan “Food safety is our priority!” They produced a music video on Codex Alimentarius and food safety, which was distributed across social media: Watch the video: https://youtube.com/shorts/qd_wgxHdMz8?si=vN-9imsSwHNetJrF* Read more World Food Safety Day 2025 news *Please note, FAO, WHO and the World Food Safety Day team do not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of the [...]

In celebration of World Food Safety Day, the Oladayo Oduwole Nutrition Foundation organized a webinar as part of their Nutrition Through the Lifecycle webinar Series. This event provided a valuable opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of food safety and its impact on public health. The guest speaker, Aina Olugbenga Stephen, Director at the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and former President of the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST), shared [...]

For the fifth consecutive year, this 2025, international and regional organizations—FAO, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (OIRSA), and the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean (CCLAC)—are joining forces to celebrate WFSD with an online seminar bringing together various stakeholders in the agrifood chain to share knowledge and experiences. The proposed themes for 2025 emphasize the central role of science in managing food [...]

In Georgia, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been training farmers, and especially women farmers, on modern dairy farming practices and innovative cheese production methods as well as in relevant food safety standards. The Farmer Field School-based training is facilitated by FAO, and the training is made possible through a Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) project, implemented in partnership with UN Women, as well as the European Union (EU) and Sweden under the European [...]

To celebrate World Food Safety Day 2025 under the global theme “Food Safety: Science in Action,” the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), India’s National Standards Body, will host a national-level webinar to spotlight the scientific foundation of food safety standards. This virtual event, titled “Research-Driven Standards for Food Safety”, will highlight a range of Research and Development projects initiated and supported by BIS, showcasing how research and evidence-based approaches play a vital role in the formulation of food safety standards. The objective is to [...]

The Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences at Notre Dame University-Louaize in collaboration with the Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI) and the Lebanese Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (LAFST) is holding a World Food Safety Day webinar titled “Food safety: science in action”. This webinar will explore the vital role of science, covering topics like advancements in microbiology and analysis, traditional food fermentation, the principles behind food standards, and regulations and food satety systems In line with this year's FAO and [...]

FAO and WHO are hosting an Asia Pacific webinar to observe World Food Safety Day 2025 under the theme ‘Food Safety: Science in Action’. The objectives of the webinar are to raise awareness about the role of science in food safety and share knowledge and best practices to generate data and scientific evidence to inform policy decisions and formulate national food safety standards. The proposed webinar is aimed at food safety regulators from various sectors, businesses, and disciplines, including consumers, academia, and students. [...]

The International Special Dietary Foods Industries (ISDI) association is holding a webinar titled “Methods of analysis in special dietary foods: How science ensures food safety and quality for people with special dietary needs”. The Secretary of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Sarah Cahill, will provide the opening remarks. The webinar will explain how scientific methods of analysis support food safety and quality for people with special dietary needs, such as by ensuring nutritional value, enabling quality control, detecting harmful substances, ensuring regulatory compliance and [...]

On 5 June 2025, the Mekong Institute (MI), in partnership with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), held a workshop to launch the Mekong CREATES (Mekong Capacity-Building for Resilient and Enhanced Agricultural Technologies and Food Systems) project in Khon Kaen, Thailand, marking World Food Safety Day 2025. The event gathered stakeholders from Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, and Viet Nam to discuss critical links between food safety and climate change. The workshop highlighted how climate change impacts food safety risks, promoted [...]