As a national Codex Contact Point for North Macedonia, the Food and Veterinary Agency joined the global campaign in the celebration of June 7 - World Food Safety Day. The aim of the initiative was to bring together different stakeholders involved in the food chain and through a public debate to raise awareness for food safety as well as inform the public about the importance of preventing and managing the risks associated with food, promoting health, economic prosperity, agricultural development [...]

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are helping to measure global progress towards a more equitable future as part of the United Nations’ “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.” Food safety is integral to food security (SDG2), to health and wellbeing (SDG3) and to economic security (SDGs 1 and 8) – and yet of the 247 indicators established to measure SDG advances, there is none for food safety. On the occasion of World Food Safety Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) Department of [...]

One of the first World Food Safety Day events this year took place in Australia in an event jointly hosted by Environmental Health Australia (EHA) and the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) of the United States of America. The aim of the event was, over a 24-hour period, to talk with food safety regulators from around the world to get an idea of the different – and similar – challenges, approaches and practices encountered in different countries. The Australian half of [...]

The National Quality Association of Tanzania (NQAT) has issued an invitation for a series of webinars with the World Food Safety Day theme of “Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow.” During the webinars, prominent industry leaders and professionals will share their experiences -including challenges, opportunities and success stories - relating to the domain of food quality. The webinars will offer practical insights on how to improve food safety, with the aim of promoting quality awareness and knowledge in industry, commerce, [...]

The Government of Colombia is organizing three events over three days to mark World Food Safety Day. The events will cover some fundamental issues around the subject of food safety. On 9 June, Dr Margarita Corrales, a specialist in food safety for the Pan American Health Organization will speak on “Microbiological Risks of Foods - Focus on the Consumer.” A forum discussion has been arranged for the following day, where Carla Yojana Portillo Carrascal, an expert in animal production and the [...]

On 8 June 2021, Romania held a webinar 'From raw material to product' on the theme of food safety among food companies. Several representatives from food industry companies in Romania, an official from the Romanian National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority and an official from the Romanian Veterinary and Food Safety Directorate held presentations about the measures they implement to ensure food safety inside the process chain, the overall food safety management, and defense, as well as the special measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussions also [...]

Le directeur général de la FAO QU Dongyu et le directeur général de l’OMS Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ont, par le biais de messages vidéo au début d’une réunion Zoom en ligne également diffusée sur le web le 7 juin 2021, appelé de leurs vœux la mise en place d’efforts à l’échelle internationale pour s’assurer que le monde entier ait accès à des aliments sains pour un avenir sain. «La sécurité sanitaire des aliments est essentielle pour parvenir à des systèmes agro-alimentaires plus efficaces, [...]

In celebration of World Food Safety Day, the National Food Agency of Georgia has presented its annual report. The event was opened by Mr. Levan Davitashvili, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, who highlighted the achieved results and new challenges and thanked FAO and other international organizations for their continuous support in ensuring food safety in the country. "I would not exaggerate to state that in terms of food safety, the ministry has been working continuously, consistently and [...]

The World Bank is hosting a webinar on 8 June, to discuss China’s digital response to the food safety challenges the nation faces. Food safety risks in China can have a significant global impact both on the safety of China’s food exports and on global trust in China’s food industry. The COVID19 pandemic has only exacerbated such problems, “notably in processing, packaging and transporting agro-products.” This webinar will explore China’s “disruptive digital solutions for effective food safety management.” Such solutions [...]

As the Vice Minister of Health care E. Kiyasov (main photo) noted, food products consumed by the population determine the standard of living and well-being of future generations. WHO estimates that the consumption of food contaminated with bacteria, viruses or parasites, as well as toxic or chemical substances, causes 600 million cases of foodborne illness and 420 000 lethal cases each year. A welcoming speech was made by the founder of the primary health care in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the [...]