In an internal company contest, the eco-packaging solutions company, Smurfit Kappa has asked its employees to choose a slogan and logo for the company’s week-long World Food Safety Day celebrations. The big reveal of the competition winner will take place on World Food Safety Day itself. Other events will include awareness raising and a leaflet on the topic of food safety and an internal discussion with employees on what food safety means to them – and the part they can play [...]

The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) plans a 2-hour webinar for World Food Safety Day to discuss various food safety topics with different panellists representing the Spanish administration, consumers, stakeholders and influencers. The Spanish Minister of Consumer Affairs will open the event. AESAN promotes food safety and healthy nutrition in Spain. Join the event:  https://vimeo.com/557595438 Read more: https://www.aesan.gob.es/AECOSAN/web/noticias_y_actualizaciones/eventos/2021/DMSA_21.htm Date & time: 7 June, 11:00 CET (09:00 GMT)

To celebrate World Food Safety Day this year, the Dominican Republic’s ISA University will host a 1-hour online conference to explore issues around science and food safety, with a focus on the World Food Safety Day slogan “Food safety is everyone’s business.” The university has teamed up with a local initiative called Inocuidad Gemela RD and David A. Carroll, from the School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, USA, to explore “the importance of the food industry, safe [...]

Students on the Master of Chemistry Program of the Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences at the Universidad Autonoma de Chiriquí in Panama have organized a conference on Chemical Residues in Food, with a focus on the event motto: "Safety - an essential element for sustainable food security and sovereignty." The conference will take place online in the morning of 7 June and will cover: Sustainable food systems Food safety Kinetic pollutants: Wastewater, Pesticides and Mycotoxins. In the afternoon there will be a diagnostic workshop [...]

The not-for-profit organization, Work Partnership International Ghana, will celebrate World Food Safety Day this year, by visiting five local markets on 7 June, to create awareness. Organizers will introduce the 5 Keys to Safer Food and information on relevant food safety laws, rules and regulations. Through cookery demonstrations and talks, the aim is to “encourage the market traders, buyers and food handlers to cook healthy and balanced meals for improved health, as well as to learn about safe food handling.” [...]

Federal University of São Paulo's research group “Dialogues on risk and food safety in interdisciplinary contexts” is planning a webinar to celebrate World Food Safety Day and the theme of the year “Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow”. The event, which will take place on June 7, will see undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and food safety professionals in the audience. The line up of speakers includes Dr Elke Stedefeldt, Dr Laís Mariano Zanin and a representative from the National [...]

A free webinar is being organized by Italian food association, PIGA Service, to discuss “critical issues and solutions of the current Italian food safety system”. The 7 June event will tackle three key areas of concern: 1. Food safety: the weak points of food safety in Italy 2. Sustainability of production processes and food waste: what is really being done in the sector 3. Recyclable and / or renewable packaging: state of the art and the near future Recent adverse weather conditions [...]

A food industry consulting and training firm in the Dominican Republic, Suzaña & Lombert Professional Service SRL, will hold two webinars on food safety subjects to celebrate World Food Safety Day. The company chose an innovative way to decide on the topics for discussion in their events: they asked the public what they wanted to know about! The responses to a multisectoral survey revealed the topics people most wanted to learn about include food safety and small business, and Good Hygiene [...]

Starting on World Food Safety Day itself, and lasting for a full week, Turkey’s series of “food safety talks” will cover a comprehensive programme of key food safety issues and concerns. The Turkish Food Safety Association (TFSA) has invited national and international guests to discuss a range of issues, starting on 7 June with the World Food Safety Day theme “food safety now for a healthy tomorrow.” On subsequent days, discussions will cover “Food Loss and Waste” on 8 June [...]

For the third year, Veraliment is organizing an event to mark World Food Safety Day. Under the title “Cultura de Inocuidad 360º” (360º Safety Culture), the Spain-based food safety training and awareness-raising organization will host a virtual round table around the culture of food safety. The event is being organized by Andrés García, CEO of Veraliment, together with Miguel Mateo, head of Oxocarbenio, and Fernando del Pino, biologist and food safety technician – and they are keeping us on tenterhooks about [...]