There's just one week to go before World Food Safety Day! This year’s theme, “From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere” focuses on WHO’s upcoming report on data collected and analysed to understand the global burden of foodborne diseases, and the responses that can then be targeted at tackling them. As part of this year’s campaign, throughout June, WHO will host a series of webinars presenting this new global evidence on the burden of foodborne diseases and the methodologies underpinning [...]

As we gear up for this year’s celebrations, the World Food Safety Day team has put together a “Programme of events” outlining the different activities being organized by FAO, WHO and Codex to expand on the 2026 theme “From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere”. The programme is posted on the homepage of the World Food Safety Day website. World Food Safety Day this year is led by WHO and focuses on the release of the updated WHO estimates of [...]

In 2002, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea designated 14 May as Food Safety Day, and has celebrated the Day every year since to raise public awareness and understanding of food safety and to build social consensus on its importance. Marking its 25th celebration this year, the commemorative ceremony brought together approximately 300 participants from the food industry, consumer organizations, academia, and related sectors to reaffirm the importance of food safety and share future [...]

Por sexto año consecutivo, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), el Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), el Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (OIRSA) y el Comité Coordinador FAO/OMS para América Latina y el Caribe (CCLAC) unen fuerzas para celebrar el Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos mediante un seminario web conjunto, que reunirá a diversos actores de la cadena agroalimentaria [...]

As part of activities related to World Food Safety Day, Japan Food Safety Management Association (JFSM) conducted a lecture and workshop at Visayas State University in the Philippines. The programme was organized by the ASEAN FOOD Industries Human Resource Development Association (AFH) as a special endowment lecture. On 22 April 2026, JFSM Chairperson, Masanori Kotani, delivered a lecture titled “Enhance Food Integrity: Food Safety and Social Responsibilities through Food Chains.” The lecture introduced Japan’s approaches to good management practices (GMP), the [...]

Natural disasters have caused around USD 3 trillion in agricultural losses over the past 30 years and continue to trigger public health crises linked to unsafe food and water. To address these risks, FAO is hosting a webinar on 7 May 2026, focused on managing food safety in natural disaster settings.  The event will feature country representatives sharing practical experiences and will highlight key challenges and lessons learned that can serve as models for others. Additionally, new FAO infographics and guidance for consumers facing natural disasters will be officially introduced.  Taking place [...]

Are you ready yet? There is just one month to go before World Food Safety Day, which will be celebrated on and around Sunday 7 June. The theme this year, “From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere” refers to the anticipated release by the World Health Organization (WHO) of the second report on the estimates of the global burden of foodborne disease (known as the FERG Report). In relation to the first FERG report published in 2015, this second edition [...]

Natural disasters have caused around USD 3 trillion in agricultural losses over the past 30 years and continue to trigger public health crises linked to unsafe food and water. To address these risks, FAO is hosting a webinar on 7 May 2026, focused on managing food safety in natural disaster settings.  The event will feature technical experts sharing practical experiences and will highlight key challenges and lessons learned that can serve as models for others. Additionally, new FAO infographics and guidance for consumers facing natural disasters will be officially introduced.  Taking [...]

Leading up to World Food Safety Day (7 June 2026), FAO Viet Nam and RMIT University Vietnam are bringing together food experts to share with you the facts and knowledge to make safer food choices every day. Speakers include: Pawin Padungtod - ECTAD Senior Technical Coordinator, FAO Representation in Viet NamTran Cao Son - Deputy Director General, National Institute of Food Control (NIFC), Viet NamYunus Khatri - Senior Lecturer in Food Technology and Nutrition, School of Science, Engineering & Technology, RMIT VietnamGiuseppe Di Chiera - Food [...]

A planning webinar has been organized for all those intending to celebrate World Food Safety Day this year, on 7 April at 13:00 CEST. Experts from WHO, FAO and the Codex Secretariat will explain more about this year’s theme, From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere. The theme looks forward to the release by WHO of the estimates of the global burden of foodborne disease (known as the FERG report), in the week before World Food Safety Day. This report [...]