Join Erin Simmons and the non-profit organization, Foodborne Illness, in a webinar to discuss the impacts of foodborne illness on victims and family. Trevor, Erin Simmons’ 8-year-old son, together with 11 other victims, contracted one of the most serious forms of Escherichia coli, E. coli – O157:H7 following an outbreak sourced from soy nut butter.  The event takes place on 7 June at 12:00 eastern time, USA (16:00 GMT)  Register here: https://events.blackthorn.io/en/3ji4tc6/world-food-safety-day-5a3f3j1itzw/cart   

On the occasion of the World Food Safety Day 7 June 2021, the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and WHO Regional Office for Europe are inviting all interested actors in the region to discuss food safety in the context of sustainable food systems and actions needed to address food safety issues in the human-animal-environment interface to assure “safe food now for a healthy tomorrow”. The evolving context of food production, trade, and consumption is challenging the way food safety risks are managed [...]

The Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will concentrate on poultry for this year’s World Food Safety Day. In collaboration with the multi stakeholder initiative, Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan (SKA), the CII will run two digital training events aimed at the prevention and control of avian influenza and COVID19, by “addressing the myths and concerns related to food safety of poultry products while also controlling and preventing its spread.”  The morning session is aimed at food business operators, specifically poultry [...]

The Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering within the Politehnica University of Timișoara is organizing three World Food Safety Day events over three days, from 7 to 9 June. The first event will name the winners of their “Youth and Food Safety Competition,” which is aimed at school and university students. Posters and videos (maximum 5 minutes) on different food safety themes (see categories here) can still be submitted up until 31 May. The aim of this competition has been [...]

The Italian National Association of Food Safety Professionals, UNPISI, is organizing a webinar for World Food Safety Day. The 2.5-hour event will be titled “Cyber food controls: the new frontiers of official controls” and it will take place on 7 June, at 14:30 CET (12:30 GMT). This webinar will focus on how food safety can be maintained within online food markets, which have seen a phenomenal increase in demand during the pandemic. The target audience for this event is health professionals, [...]

The Federation of Food Science and Technology Associations (FEDALCYTA) in Spain will celebrate World Food Safety Day this year with two events. Quiz The first event, inspired by the World Food Safety Day slogan “Food safety is everyone’s business” will be a quiz aimed at educating young people about food safety. Disseminated across social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) on World Food Safety Day itself, the quiz will involve “questions and curiosities about food safety”. Answers will be published the next day, [...]

Costa Rica los invita al Webinar Alimentos inocuos ahora para un mañana saludable a celebrarse el 7 de Junio próximo a las 9:00 am (CST), en conmemoración del “Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos” . Adjunto la invitación, la respectiva agenda y una síntesis de los reconocidos panelistas nacionales e internacionales, los cuales estarán abordando el Panel No.1. “El papel de la microbiota intestinal en el avance hacia alimentos inocuos y más saludables” y el panel No. 2. “Proceso [...]

Food Nation will hold a Global Food Talk for World Food Safety Day on 7 June, 13:00-14:00 CEST with Denmark’s Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Rasmus Prehn, and leading high-level profiles from the Danish and international agriculture and food scene. Food safety saves lives. It is not only crucial to food security but also plays a vital role in reducing foodborne diseases. Numbers from the World Health Organization estimate that 600 million people fall sick of foodborne illnesses every year which [...]

Professor Parvez Haris, Professor of Biomedical Science at De Montfort University in Leicester, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), will present a lecture on food safety issues related to rice for World Food Safety Day. Rice is an important food staple worldwide, but concerns have been raised in recent years regarding the high concentration of toxic chemicals in rice, including arsenic. Professor Haris and his team were at the forefront of research into the potential risks [...]

Denmark’s branding consortium for the Danish agriculture and food sector, Food Nation is organizing a World Food Safety Day online event again this year, together with the Danish Agriculture and Food Council. Aimed at key people in food safety, innovation and marketing in Denmark, the event will take place on 7 June from 09.30-12.30, with the aim of providing an “insight into the latest knowledge in digitization, food safety culture and how you can use Denmark's strong position in food [...]