To celebrate World Food Safety Day, the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) has organized a conference on Food Safety Culture: From Theory to Practice. The event will feature speakers from AESAN, regional authorities, and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. It will also include contributions from food business operators and an expert in motivation and leadership. The conference is aimed at both personnel from competent authorities and food business operators. Its goal is to create a space for discussion [...]

The Brazilian Research Group “Risk and Resilience in Food Safety – GERRSAL,” coordinated by Professor Elke Stedefeldt, will host a national webinar to bring together undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and food safety professionals. Brazilian universities, agencies, organizations, and foundations have been invited to join the Group in promoting activities and encouraging broader participation in this discussion. The aim is to mobilize institutions across the country in a unified effort to raise awareness and strengthen food safety practices. [...]

Japan Food Safety Management Association (JFSM) will be hosting an event titled "World Food Safety Day 2025" where individuals involved in food safety across the food chain can learn and share together. Attendees can join either in person or online. There will be time for participant networking at the venue. Dr Emiko Araki, Scientific Advisor to the Japan Food Hygiene Association will be a guest speaker. In line with the theme “Food safety: science in action,” Dr Araki will give a [...]

The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil is planning a World Food Safety Day symposium to bring together regulatory agencies, research institutions, and academic organizations to exchange knowledge, present scientific approaches, and strengthen partnerships in the field of food safety. Date: 6 June 2025Time: 08:30-16:30 (Brasilia time)Location: National Institute for Quality Control in Health (INCQS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Read more World Food Safety Day 2025 events

As part of the Shizunou Consortium Project of Hokkaido Shizunai Agricultural High School, on 23 May, Masanori Kotani, President and Secretary General of Japan’s Food Safety Management Association (JFSM) delivered an online lecture to second-year students at Hokkaido Shizunai Agricultural High School on the themes of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s “Five keys to safer food”, "Introduction to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points system" and "World Food Safety Day". Building on last year’s lecture, this year's session included quizzes, making [...]

Schools across the Municipality of Alcobaça, Portugal, participated in Food Safety Week from 26 to 30 May, in anticipation of World Food Safety Day on 7 June. This year's edition, themed “Science in Action”, involved 700 children from the municipality. On 30 May, the Alfeizerão School Center welcomed Ana Filipa Pereira, a technician from the Alcobaça Municipal Council, known as “Pipa Vitamina” who organized interactive activities. In the classroom, students conducted physical-chemical experiments and visualized plates with microorganisms to emphasize the [...]

The Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Mauritius hosted a webinar on food safety to mark World Food Safety Day. The event was convened by Associate Professor Daya Goburdhun and featured two guest speakers from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The event was aimed at academia, university students, stakeholders from the food sector, regulators, the hotel sector and food testing labs. Speakers included Catherine Bessy, Senior Food Safety Officer at FAO, who [...]

CATALYSE is an EU-funded initiative aimed at building a strong network of food safety actors to drive the uptake of scientific knowledge and innovative solutions across the food value chain. To celebrate World Food Safety Day, CATALYSE is organizing a dedicated event, which will feature discussions, presentations, and networking focused on promoting food safety through science and collaboration. Date: Thursday 5 JuneTime: 10:00–18:00 CESTVenue: Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, PortugalRegister hereMore information: https://thecatalyseproject.eu/events/catalyse-world-food-safety-day/ Read more World Food Safety Day 2025 events    

As part of its regular Science Series of webinars, the Singapore Food Agency will hold a special edition for World Food Safety Day as follows: Date: 5 June 2025Time: 16:00–17:30 Singapore timeRegister for the event Read more World Food Safety Day events around the world    

To celebrate this year’s World Food Safety Day 2025 under the theme “Science in Action,” the International Dairy Federation will host a webinar highlighting the vital role of dairy processing in sustainably producing safe and nutritious dairy products. The event is titled "The role of processing of dairy products in achieving food safety and the science behind it", and features three presentations on: History and evolution of heat treatments of milk demonstrating safety through science, with David Everett  Microbial monitoring in a cheese processing [...]