Luxembourg has launched an online quiz (www.secheriessen.lu) on food safety topics (from 3 until 14 June, available in French and Luxemburgish) to celebrate the World Food Safety Day edition 2020. A press communication (in French) accompanied the launch of the quiz and shares the links to the EFSA website, to the new F2F strategy and to the results of the Eurobarometer 2019. The press release was also published on the national food safety website using communication materials of the WHO and FAO campaign [...]

The words of Ojasvini Naik, at aged eight India’s youngest food safety ambassador and a young girl with both a passion and a mission, who is already a veteran of food safety messaging. At just aged 6 Ojasvini learnt through participating with her Mother in food safety training for food handlers that children her age carry the burden of foodborne disease with 125 000 deaths per year according to WHO. 2018 awards ceremony: Sanjay Dave (former Chairperson Codex Alimentarius Commission), Pawan [...]

To celebrate World Food Safety Day, Dr Prakash Kondekar will be presenitng a webinar on what is safe and what is nutritious food. Date: Sunday 7 June Time: 8-9.30 PM (IST) Language: English   Agenda: About Food & its Category Food Adulteration Food Combinations Food Frauds Q & A Youtube Live Streaming  https://youtu.be/SNod2cFbSJ4   To register: http://bit.ly/2Jo5gfV

Codex Secretary Tom Heilandt will take part in a webinar organised by the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD) June 8th, 11 am - 12 pm EDT: COVID-19 and Food Safety The Codex Secretary's presentation is titled "Food Safety in the Time of COVID-19: The importance of maintaining and strengthening international cooperation in times of isolation". Session moderated by Thomas Pesek, UNFAO North America Liaison Office   Registration Follow the link to register for this and the whole series of AIARD events  

To mark World Food Safety Day, which is celebrated on 7 June, a press conference will take place on 8 June 2020 at 10 am at the University of Santiago - Campus da Praia (School of Technologies and Management), located at the São José Seminary, Prainha - Praia. This event aims to clarify for the audience the main aspects of the responsibility for food safety shared by the government / authorities, economic operators and consumers to ensure food safety in the [...]

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology - Food Safety Webinar  Sunday, June 7, 2:00 – 3:00 P.M. (GMT +3) Participate Online   Chris Sealey, Vice President, Community Life invites you to join Community Life, in celebrating the World Food Safety Day on June 7. The action-oriented campaign theme is "Food safety, everyone's business" and aims to enhance global food safety awareness.  Food safety is a shared responsibility. This webinar is designed to share information and resources regarding food safety and COVID-19. The goal is to support informed actions in the community since everyone, from farm [...]

En un mundo donde la cadena de suministro de alimentos se ha vuelto más compleja, cualquier incidente adverso a la inocuidad de los alimentos puede tener efectos negativos globales, afectando a la salud pública, el comercio y la economía. Todos y todas tenemos un papel que desempeñar, desde el campo hasta la mesa, para asegurarnos de que los alimentos que comemos sean seguros y no dañen nuestra salud. Los alimentos inocuos son esenciales para promover la salud de los consumidores y [...]

Este año, en el marco de la celebración del segundo Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos, FEDALCYTA, el Campus de la Alimentación de la Universidad de Barcelona y FEDNU, organizan un seminario web el 8 de junio. El seminario web "Inocuidad de los alimentos y COVID-19, ¿relación u obsesión? Explorando la realidad con base en el análisis del riesgo" tiene como objetivo ofrecer un panorama general de los cambios necesarios para prevenir los efectos de la enfermedad por coronavirus [...]

Mantener el flujo de los alimentos a lo largo de la cadena de producción es una función esencial a la que todos los actores de la cadena deben contribuir. Por tanto, los actores de dicha cadena deben implementar sistemas de gestión de inocuidad de los alimentos (SGIA) basados en los principios de análisis de peligros y puntos críticos de control (sistema de HACCP) para gestionar los riesgos de inocuidad alimentaria y prevenir la contaminación de los alimentos. Ello incluye la aplicación [...]

The PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, United Kingdom Overseas Territories and French Departments and the FAO Subregional Office for the Caribbean, Barbados and Bridgetown are holding a virtual press briefing for World Food Safety Day on Friday 5 June 2020 at 12:00pm local time. The event will focus on “Food Safety in the context of COVID-19” and include: Opening Remarks – Moderator: Dr Karen Polson-Edwards, COVID-19 Incident Manager (PAHO/WHO) Remarks – Dr Yitades Gebre, PAHO/WHO Representative to Barbados and the [...]