The FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (FAO-RNE) with the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO-EMRO) will jointly hold awareness campaign events for this Year’s World Food Safety Day and will invite officials from Member Countries’ food safety competent authorities, FAO/WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN), and the FAO Food Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF). In a hybrid event being held in Cairo and on the Zoom platform, the participants will provide their [...]

On 6 June, the World Health Organization (WHO) hosted an AskWHO Live Q&A on the occasion of World Food Safety Day. The online audience from the WHO X, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube platforms was invited to ask questions on maintaining food safety during unexpected events such as power outages, flooding, or other food safety emergencies. During the live event, moderated by Yanawit Dechpanyawat, Social Media Officer at WHO, the three speakers, Jeffrey LeJeune, Food Safety Officer at FAO; Jéssica Kayamori Lopes, [...]

The World Food Safety Day 2024 event kicked off in Kathmandu today with an interactive programme on food safety emergency preparedness and response which was supported by the Codex Trust Fund project in Nepal through WHO. The theme of the World Food Safety Day is ‘Food safety: prepare for the unexpected’ in order to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks of biological, chemical and radionuclear origin. The main objective of the interaction programme was [...]

El Programa de Maestría en Ciencias Químicas con Énfasis en Inocuidad Alimentaria de la Facultad De Ciencias de la Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí, desarrollará este 7 de junio de 2024, la “Celebración del Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos – Preparémonos para lo imprevisto”. En donde se realizarán conferencias con temáticas de Inocuidad y seguridad alimentaria, se contará con la presencia de empresas nacionales de producción alimentaria; además habrá exposición de póster de investigaciones relacionas. Finalmente se dará [...]

India’s Council of Agricultural Research – Central Institute of Fisheries Education (ICAR-CIFE) is organizing a national webinar on "Pertinent issues in food safety and hygiene." There will also be an educational exhibition and demo on the occasion of World Food Safety Day, 7 June 2024. The exhibition aims to spread awareness on the importance of safe food and hygienic practices, detection of food adulterants and public health issues associated with the consumption of unsafe food. Link: https://www.cife.edu.in/pdf/Events/Food%20safety%20day-event-31-5-2024.pdf Read more World Food Safety Day website World Food [...]

In connection with the World Food Safety Day celebrations, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR-CIFT) is organizing a Webinar with the title: "Emergency preparedness for unexpected food safety challenges". This webinar aims to invite attention and mobilize activities for preparedness for unexpected food safety challenges. Date: 7 June 2024Time: 09:30 Cochin, India (06:00 CEST)Link: https://cift.res.in/world-food-safety-day-2024 Read more World Food Safety Day website World Food Safety Day Communication Toolkit World Good Safety Day Trello board World Food Safety Day asset bank    

The Brazilian Research Group, Risk and Resilience in Food Safety – “GERRSAL” of the Universidade Federal de São Paulo will host a webinar to celebrate World Food Safety Day 2024. GERRSAL has invited Brazilian universities, agencies, organizations, and foundations to celebrate together, motivating these institutions to promote actions on World Food Safety Day and to participate in a webinar on the afternoon of 7 June. The webinar will involve institutions from different regions of the country to unite in the discussion, [...]

In line with this year’s World Food Safety Day theme, “Food safety: prepare for the unexpected,” the Future Ready Food Safety Hub (FRESH) is organizing a live online panel discussion featuring food safety experts from around the world. The event will be moderated by FRESH Director, Prof. William Chen, to discuss global perspectives on anticipating and managing food safety risks. Date: 7 June 2024Time: 16:00 Singapore Time (10:00 CEST)Registration link: https://bit.ly/WFSDSingapore*Language: EnglishInformation on speakers: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7201139697299988480/ *Note: The webinar recording will be shared [...]

The Chilean Agency for Food Safety and Quality (ACHIPIA) is organizing a seminar on “Artificial Intelligence, challenges of food production,” which will be attended by interested national and international guests. The activity will be held in person in Santiago de Chile, in the multipurpose room of the Comptroller's Office (Teatinos 78) and online transmission. Date: 7 June 2024Time: 08:30–13:00 Chile time (14:30–19:00 CEST)Registration: https://forms.office.com/r/qhBQZVTFsnLanguage: Spanish Read more World Food Safety Day website World Food Safety Day Communication Toolkit World Good Safety Day Trello board [...]

The European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST) project Catalyzing Scientific Innovation into Food Safety Action (CATALYSE) is to hold a World Food Safety Day webinar this year, under the title “Driving Food Safety Innovations Across Europe.” The event will be held in collaboration with the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Europe and Universidade Catolica Portuguesa and will explore the needs and priorities for food safety innovations within the six critical areas identified by the ‘innovation platform’ Flanders' Food. CATALYSE is a [...]