Nairobi, Kenya In Kenya, this year’s WFSD celebrations were spearheaded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, in collaboration with key players of the National Food Control System. The event brought together government ministries, departments and agencies, the private sector, development partners, and scientific institutions in a coordinated effort to promote food safety across the nation. Virtual Webinars to Galvanize Scientific Collaboration The national World Food Safety Day celebrations were held on 6 June. The week leading up to World Food Safety [...]

Lusubilo Mwamakamba (WHO AFRO), Hakim Mufumbiro (CCAFRICA), Sansan Kambire (FAO RAF)  To mark World Food Safety Day 2025, the Regional Offices for Africa of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO RAF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the African Union–InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), and the FAO/WHO Codex Coordinating Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA) jointly hosted a regional webinar on 12 June 2025. The webinar brought together stakeholders from across Africa’s food sector, including representatives from government competent authorities, academia, research [...]

Lusubilo Mwamakamba (WHO AFRO), Hakim Mufumbiro (CCAFRICA), Sansan Kambire (FAO RAF)  To mark World Food Safety Day 2025, the Regional Offices for Africa of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO RAF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the African Union–InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), and the FAO/WHO Codex Coordinating Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA) jointly hosted a regional webinar on 12 June 2025. The webinar brought together stakeholders from across Africa’s food sector, including representatives from government competent authorities, academia, research [...]

The Bangladesh Food Safety Foundation will hold a seminar for World Food Safety Day, with special guest speakers. The event will include an unveiling of the Foundation’s new “Food Safety Talks” magazine. Date:    21 June 20925Time:    10:30 Bangladesh timeVenue: Bangladesh Food Safety Authority, Islam Road, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh Read more World Food Safety Day 2025 events  

A webinar is scheduled on 20 June 2025 at 9:00 AM (UTC+2) to conclude the workshop held in Singapore from 18-20 June during which the key outcomes and conclusions from the international workshop on New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) in Future Food Safety Risk Assessment will be presented. A comprehensive summary of the workshop's discussions will be provided at this event, featuring insights from experts, perspectives from regulatory bodies, and strategic recommendations for the integration of NAMs into contemporary food safety risk [...]

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of the Republic of Korea and the World Health Organization are co-organizing a workshop in Seoul, South Korea, about total diet studies (TDS) and food safety “Strengthening Global Network for Food Safety Through Total Diet Study Collaboration in the Asia-Pacific Region” on 18-19 June 2025. Total diets studies is the gold standard for assessing dietary intakes, through the combination of individual food consumption data with food composition data from representative samples, prepared as consumed.  The [...]

As part of World Food Safety Day, celebrated on 7 June 2025, Agro Food Industrie (AFI), a subsidiary of the SONOCO group based in Guinea, shares its participation in this global event. Through a series of awareness-raising, training, and internal communication activities, the team mobilized around the 2025 theme to strengthen the food quality and safety culture, in accordance with the ISO 9001:2015 and FSSC 22000 V5.1 standards, which the company recently obtained. These actions were carried out with the aim of:  Promoting [...]

Join the celebration of World Food Safety Day! Codex Alimentarius Panama invites readers to participate in their celebration of World Food Safety Day, an event that will bring together national and international experts for dialogue, innovation, and commitment to food safety. Under the theme "Food Safety: Science in Action”, the event will explore technological advances, prevention strategies, and the impact of front-of-pack food labelling. There will be keynote presentations by Panamanian experts, as well as an International Panel with representatives from [...]

In celebration of World Food Safety Day, Cuba carried out the following activities: On 3 June, the National Codex Alimentarius Workshop was held in Havana, Cuba, with the participation of more than 80 experts, specialists, operators, technicians, and managers from the food chain, health authorities, and other stakeholders. The workshop was organized by the Cuban Codex Focal Point. On 5 June, an exchange workshop was held by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment and the Ministry of Food Industry with [...]

 The latest in the series of webinars organized by theWHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO EMRO) and the FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (FAO RNE) will cover “Innovative Science in Action: Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance” and will take place as follows: Date: Monday 16 JuneTime: 11:00–12:30 Cairo time Register here Read more World Food Safety Day 2025 events