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Journée internationale de la sécurité sanitaire des aliments: actualités

Food industry experts debate the challenges of food safety in Bangladesh World Food Safety Day event

The Bangladesh Food Safety Foundation (BFSF) observed World Food Safety Day 2023 on 7 June for the 5th time. This year the activities undertaken were as follows: a)     BFSF communication materials such electronic posters and flyers containing the theme, slogan and key messages that were prepare with logos of the five organization for dissemination purposes b)     Distribution of World Food Safety Day communication materials and BFSF customized communication materials through email to 380 food business and their associations, Apex Chamber bodies such as the [...]
13 June 2023

Safe food packaging a focus of World Food Safety Day in Ecuador

With the message that food standards play a key role in any production process, the Ecuadorian packaging company FESA held a World Food Safety Day event for its staff on 7 June. Staff were invited to a food safety talk at the facility and a raffle was held where a number of employees won products produced by FESA customers. Throughout, the message was: Food standards save lives   Photo © FESAECUADOR
13 June 2023

Food standards a top priority in Ghana cocoa processing on World Food Safety Day

The Afrotropic Cocoa Processing Company in Ghana celebrated World Food Safety Day again this year, with a pep talk and videos. Staff were also issued with a specially printed World Food Safety Day T-shirt. The videos will continue to be shown in communal areas of the facility for several months. They include a mixture of food safety lectures from the Managing Director and operational managers, videos on basic food hygiene practices and World Food Safety Day videos produced  by FAO and [...]
13 June 2023

Staff at Brazilian food distributor all play their part in keeping food safe on World Food Safety Day

Brazilian food marketing and distribution company Via Rovigo organized a range of activities for staff on World Food Safety Day to raise awareness about the role they play in ensuring the food they are responsible for remains safe. Every one of 140 members of staff at the facility took part in educational question-and-answer games aimed at information sharing around food safety topics and attended a lecture on food safety by food engineer Camila Marques Rodrigues. In addition, there was a commemorative [...]
13 June 2023

Global food company celebrates World Food Safety Day across the world

On 7 June the global food company, Danone, celebrated World Food Safety Day together with their “Danoners” across the globe. To address to this year’s theme, Food Standards Save Lives, the company organized multiple celebration events within Danone, sharing the knowledge and best practices on how Danone food safety standards are defined and implemented worldwide cross the whole value chain by their internal experts. Isabelle Esser, Chief of Research and Innovation and Quality and Food Safety Officer highlighted that every day should be [...]
13 June 2023

Spanish food science and technology associations hold a webinar for World Food Safety Day

The Spanish Federation of Food Science and Technology Associations (FEDALCYTA) held a World Food Safety Day webinar on 7 June that included presentations on ideas around "Inform to train", "Pursuing climate neutrality", "Profiles and training for new skills" and "Official control based on European regulations”. The event was conducted with the support of the Food Campus of the University of Barcelona and made use of the World Food Safety Day video, What are food standards and why are they important? Read [...]
13 June 2023

World Food Safety Day observed in Bangalore, India

Food Safety Works, a food safety consulting company dedicated to improving food safety observed World Food Safety Day 2023 with a line-up of activities across its business clients, schools and community as a whole to create awareness on the importance of food standards for safer food. The set of activities panned from the 6 to 9June with awards for various competitions being awarded towards the end of June 2023. On 7 June, Food Safety Works kicked of a host of activities [...]
13 June 2023

Multiagency World Food Safety Day webinar announced for the African continent

The FAO & WHO Regional Offices for Africa, World Food Programme, Codex Coordinating Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) are collaborating to convene a continental webinar in Africa as part of the efforts to commemorate WFSD this year under the theme "Food Standards Save Lives in the African Region". The purpose of the regional webinar is to celebrate WFSD2023 through discussing collaborative approaches with all stakeholders in the value chain for improving Food Safety systems in [...]
13 June 2023

Ministry of Commerce and Industries and Technological University of Panama to hold hybrid World Food Safety Day event

The Technological University of Panama (La Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, UTP Panama) and the Ministry of Commerce and Industries, will hold a conference for World Food Safety Day entitled “Food standards save lives”. Speakers will talk about food safety and healthy eating, and other topics related to the celebration of World Food Safety Day, with the assistance of competent authorities, academic members, national industry, and students. The objective of this activity is to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, [...]
13 June 2023

World Food Safety Day event in the Islamic Republic of Iran to discuss future of food safety

The Iran National Standards Organization (INSO) will celebrate World Food Safety Day this year with the cooperation of some organizations including the Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST) and the National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute (NNFTRI) in recognition of the 60th anniversary of Codex Alimentarius. INSO is planning to hold an in-person event titled “The Future of Food Safety” for World Food Safety Day on 13 June, which will take place in Tehran in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This event will attract stakeholders and [...]
13 June 2023