The Food and Agriculture Organization Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO RAP), together with the World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia (WHO SEARO) and Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WHO WPRO), has organized a webinar titled " Food safety incident management – Experiences from the Asia-Pacific region” to celebrate the World Food Safety Day. Join us on this special occasion to learn how national authorities: Respond to food safety emergencies; Disseminate key messages to safeguard public health and [...]

The Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is organizing for World Food Safety Day a half-day hybrid event to be held in the nation’s capital, Canberra, and online on Tuesday 11 June 2024. The Department is the lead agency in Australia for Codex Alimentarius and sees World Food Safety Day as an opportunity to promote international food safety standard-setting among partner Codex agencies, industry and consumer organizations and food and beverage businesses. This year’s World Food Safety Day theme, [...]

The Bangladesh Food Safety Foundation (BFSF) along with six more organizations convened a seminar on 8 June 2024, at the AKM Giasuddin Milky Auditorium in Dhaka, Bangladesh with Professor Dr Ali Akbar, former Vice-Chancellor, Bangladesh Agricultural University. The seminar focused on “Ensuring Food Safety in a Nation of Resilience: Unexpected Events, Role of Public Agencies and Private Sector for Uninterrupted Supply Chain.”  Keynote speaker Dr Md. Kamrul Islam, Professor, Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh reiterated that food safety is [...]

On 7 June 2024, the company Via Rovigo Distribution, located in the city of Sertãozinho, state of São Paulo, celebrated World Day of Food Safety. Activities included lectures on Foreign Materials, an information mural and a special gift. The celebration ended with snacks, as every party should. The actions were carried out under the slogan of the World Food Safety Day Campaign: "The Food Safety is Everyone’s Business." The company has 160 employees, and 100% of them participated in the day’s activities, [...]

On 7 June 2024, the Coordinating Committee for the Near East (CCNE) regional coordinator, Members, and Codex Secretariat met virtually to celebrate World Food Safety Day under the theme "Prepare for the Unexpected". The meeting began with a general discussion on food safety events, during which the coordinator emphasized that food safety is a collective responsibility. Attendees shared their views and discussed questions related to various food safety incidents, including food poisoning, natural disasters, and product recalls. Dr Sarah Cahill from [...]

As part of its World Food Safety Day Celebrations, the Ramdevrao Hospital in Kukatpally, Hyderabad, India, trained patients, families and staff on healthy eating habits. In addition to ensuring each patient received the safe, nutritious diet that is appropriate for their recovery plan, dieticians in the hospital ensured they additionally spoke with each patient about how to ensure safe food habits at home. Based on the five keys to safe food and using the World Food Safety Day information assets provided, hospital [...]

En Grupo Jumex celebramos el día mundial de la inocuidad desplegando una “Expo de Inocuidad”, donde, basados en la información que se despliega en la pagina de la OMS, las Plantas del Grupo exponen temas de inocuidad y fomentan la cultura de la importancia de asegurar la inocuidad en nuestros productos. Áreas como Comunicación interna, Capital Humano, Aseguramiento de Calidad, Manufactura y la Dirección Técnica, trabajan en conjunto para esta campaña. Este año participaron 6 Plantas locales, 4 Plantas Foráneas, 6 [...]

Join FAO/WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) for a webinar in celebration of World Food Safety Day. This year, World Food Safety Day campaign focuses on the theme "Food safety: prepare for the unexpected", highlighting the importance of good risk management and risk communication practices during unexpected food safety incidents. On concrete examples, learn how effective communication is crucial in mitigating risks, ultimately reducing the burden of foodborne illnesses. The webinar will feature a presentation on INFOSAN’s mechanisms for identifying, [...]

In a live event on World Food Safety Day 2023, FAO launched a new website comprising a series of practical food safety management guidance documents based on the Codex Alimentarius General Principles of Food Hygiene. The website focuses on Good Hygiene Practices (GHP) and the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points system (HACCP) and is called: “FAO’s GHP and HACCP Toolbox for Food Safety”. The toolbox aims to give all those involved in food safety management in the food sector, be [...]

Food Safety professional Any Coronado has worked this year to ensure that World Food Safety Day key messages are spread far and wide. In promoting the international observance particularly and food safety more generally, Coronado has been interviewed by media outlets that include Food Safety magazine and TV channel Deutsche Welle Latin America. Under the title “World Food Safety Day Exclusive: 'Food Safety is an Essential Part of Our Daily Lives'”, the Peruvian food safety advocate talked in the magazine article about [...]