To celebrate World Food Safety Day 2025 under the theme “Science in Action,” Costa Rican retail company Auto Mercado is launching a creative internal campaign to highlight the importance of food safety in everyday operations. Titled “Inocuidad en 60 segundos: Historias que protegen” (Food Safety in 60 Seconds: Stories That Protect), the campaign invites all associates – from supermarket stores and warehouses to administrative offices and food manufacturing facilities – to participate in a short video contest. Inspired by TikTok’s dynamic storytelling style, participants are encouraged to [...]

La Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco a través del Programa Educativo de Ingeniería en Alimentos de la División Académica de Ciencias Agropecuarias  organiza con motivo del "Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos " el  "3er Foro de Inocuidad Alimentaria" con el objetivo de sensibilizar a la gente sobre la importancia de la inocuidad alimentaria, las enfermedades transmitidas por alimentos (ETA’s), promoviendo enfoques colaborativos en todos los sectores, para fomentar e implementar soluciones y formas para salvaguardar la salud pública.  Fecha:26 [...]

In celebration of World Food Safety Day, Ras Al Khaimah Municipality, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), hosted a special ceremony to honour the winners of the second edition of the Ras Al Khaimah Food Safety Award, held under the theme: “Food Safety: Science in Action”. The award aims to encourage and motivate food establishments across the emirate to maintain sustainable compliance, elevate food safety and quality standards, and ultimately prevent or reduce foodborne illnesses. The event was attended by His [...]

NXG Food Safety Works, a food safety consultancy firm, observed World Food Safety Day with a series of science-driven activities across multiple platforms to promote awareness on food safety and the importance of managing unexpected risks through systematic, evidence-based approaches. The activities commenced in the first week of June and built up to World Food Safety Day on 7 June.  On 6 June 2025, NXG Food Safety Works hosted a 90-minute live knowledge session titled “Safe to Serve – The Scientific [...]

Para conmemorar el Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos, Alimentos KAY, una empresa de procesamiento de alimentos, organizó una serie de actividades enfocadas en fortalecer la cultura de inocuidad. Entre las acciones destacadas se realizó una conferencia con el tema “Cultura de inocuidad”, así como un reforzamiento de la política interna de inocuidad alimentaria. Además, el personal operativo y administrativo participó en dinámicas y juegos diseñados para afianzar conocimientos en calidad e inocuidad, fomentando así un compromiso compartido con la [...]

A World Food Safety Day event in Islamabad concluded with a national symposium titled “Science in Action: If it is not safe, it is not food” on 17 June. Organized by IMPACT Research International with regional food authorities, the event gathered policymakers, scientists, diplomats, and development partners to discuss Pakistan’s food safety challenges and promote science-based solutions. One of the key sessions, focused on investment and policy for a safe food environment, and featured Catherine Bessy, Senior Food Safety Officer at FAO, who [...]

 To commemorate World Food Safety Day 2025, the WHO Country Office in Ukraine organized a series of public engagement activities aimed at raising awareness about food safety. Observing this day has become an annual tradition for the office, and this year’s efforts once again highlighted the importance of safe food practices. Key activities included: An interactive food safety quiz launched through Instagram Stories, designed to educate audiences in an engaging and accessible format. Production of the Ukrainian language version voiceover of WHO’s “5 [...]

To mark World Food Safety Day, the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition held a conference titled “Food Safety Culture: From Theory to Practice.” World Food Safety Day, celebrated every year on 7 June since 2019, serves as a key date to reflect on the importance of ensuring the availability of safe food for all consumers, and what better way to commemorate this day than by talking about a fundamental concept: food safety culture? The conference highlighted the importance of taking [...]

The Bangladesh Food Safety Foundation (BFSF) organized a seminar and unveiling of a magazine on 21 June 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh with Saidur Rahman, Secretary of the Health Services Division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as the Chief Guest. The seminar focused on the “Use of science for better management of food safety: Bangladesh perspective.” Preceding the seminar's presentations, the guests on the dais performed the ceremonial unveiling of 'Nirapod Khadyo Kothon” (Food Safety Talks), the Bangladesh [...]

In line with this year’s World Food Safety Day theme, the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium, hosted an international event on 10 June 2025, titled “Food Safety: Science in Action.” The meeting was organized by the Agricultural and Food Quality Inspection (AFQI), which acts as the Codex Contact Point for Poland, in collaboration with Poland’s Permanent Representation to the European Union and the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels. The venue of the event [...]