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Noticias sobre el Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos

Government of Serbia, FAO and the EBRD to hold World Food Safety Day webinar for small-scale producers

The Government of Serbia, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Investment Centre and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development  (EBRD) are planning a World Food Safety Day event to raise awareness about the collective responsibility that is involved in keeping food safe. The virtual discussion is particularly aimed at small-scale producers and processors, government representatives, extension workers and local media and will use the occasion of World Food Safety Day to highlight relevant work that [...]
07 June 2021

Student event in Ghana to explore their own role in food safety

The Realm of Science Advocacy and Research Centre (ReSARC) at the University of Development Studies (UDS) in Ghana is to hold its first annual “Scientific Discourse” on World Food Safety Day. In partnership with the UDS chapter of the International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences (IAAS) and the local Radio Grin, students will discuss “Academia, government and industry: the need for synergy in ensuring food safety.” The guest of honour will be Dr. Courage S. Kosi Saba, a [...]
07 June 2021

Food Tank to host panel discussion on “One Health” for World Food Safety Day

The food advocacy organization Food Tank will host a panel discussion on World Food Safety Day to discuss "One Health: Food Safety for All". The panel will include key international experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as from academia and the public sector. Food Tank’s Danielle Nierenberg will host the discussion with Francesco Branca, Director of the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO, Tom Heilandt, Secretary of [...]
07 June 2021

El Salvador webinar to be held on “Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow”

Salvadorean authorities will hold a virtual conversation on food safety on 7 June, in celebration of World Food Safety Day, with the aim of ensuring that all sectors involved in the food chain are informed about the importance of food safety. The event will be opened by El Salvador’s Minister for the Economy and President of the National Quality Control Agency, Maria Luisa Hayam Brevé and Giovanni Escalante, the country representative for the World Health Organization (WHO). The webinar will consist of [...]
07 June 2021

Mexico’s Smurfit Kappa employees to celebrate World Food Safety Day

In an internal company contest, the eco-packaging solutions company, Smurfit Kappa has asked its employees to choose a slogan and logo for the company’s week-long World Food Safety Day celebrations. The big reveal of the competition winner will take place on World Food Safety Day itself. Other events will include awareness raising and a leaflet on the topic of food safety and an internal discussion with employees on what food safety means to them – and the part they can play [...]
07 June 2021

Spain’s Food Safety Agency plans World Food Safety Day online event

The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) plans a 2-hour webinar for World Food Safety Day to discuss various food safety topics with different panellists representing the Spanish administration, consumers, stakeholders and influencers. The Spanish Minister of Consumer Affairs will open the event. AESAN promotes food safety and healthy nutrition in Spain. Join the event:  https://vimeo.com/557595438 Read more: https://www.aesan.gob.es/AECOSAN/web/noticias_y_actualizaciones/eventos/2021/DMSA_21.htm Date & time: 7 June, 11:00 CET (09:00 GMT)
07 June 2021

The Dominican Republic’s Universidad ISA to host conference on “Science and Food Safety”

To celebrate World Food Safety Day this year, the Dominican Republic’s ISA University will host a 1-hour online conference to explore issues around science and food safety, with a focus on the World Food Safety Day slogan “Food safety is everyone’s business.” The university has teamed up with a local initiative called Inocuidad Gemela RD and David A. Carroll, from the School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, USA, to explore “the importance of the food industry, safe [...]
07 June 2021

Masters students in Panama to celebrate World Food Safety Day in conference & workshop

Students on the Master of Chemistry Program of the Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences at the Universidad Autonoma de Chiriquí in Panama have organized a conference on Chemical Residues in Food, with a focus on the event motto: "Safety - an essential element for sustainable food security and sovereignty." The conference will take place online in the morning of 7 June and will cover: Sustainable food systems Food safety Kinetic pollutants: Wastewater, Pesticides and Mycotoxins. In the afternoon there will be a diagnostic workshop [...]
07 June 2021

Ghana cooking event to promote safe and healthy food

The not-for-profit organization, Work Partnership International Ghana, will celebrate World Food Safety Day this year, by visiting five local markets on 7 June, to create awareness. Organizers will introduce the 5 Keys to Safer Food and information on relevant food safety laws, rules and regulations. Through cookery demonstrations and talks, the aim is to “encourage the market traders, buyers and food handlers to cook healthy and balanced meals for improved health, as well as to learn about safe food handling.” [...]
07 June 2021

Federal University of São Paulo in Brazil will hold a webinar for World Food Safety Day

Federal University of São Paulo's research group “Dialogues on risk and food safety in interdisciplinary contexts” is planning a webinar to celebrate World Food Safety Day and the theme of the year “Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow”. The event, which will take place on June 7, will see undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and food safety professionals in the audience. The line up of speakers includes Dr Elke Stedefeldt, Dr Laís Mariano Zanin and a representative from the National [...]
07 June 2021