Food Safety Works, a food quality and safety consultancy company in India, will observe World Food Safety Day by conducting various activities in the week of 6 to 10 June. Activities include: Awareness-raising on the food safety implications of using newspaper to package food This will include adigital marketing campaign on the topic, to create awareness both amongst food vendors and consumers on why it is hazardous to use newspaper. Dates: 6-10 June Food Safety Conversation: Beyond Shawarma A food safety conversation will focus on ensuring [...]

The Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA) is organizing a World Food Safety Day webinar in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Veterinary Public Health, (PANAFTOSA-VPH-PAHO) and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). The two-part event will start with contributions from representatives of the international and regional organizations, moderated by Margarita Corrales (PANAFTOSA-VPH-PAHO). [...]

In Cuba, government authorities have planned a programme of activities aimed at raising awareness among decision-makers and the general public alike. A media campaign has been devised, which includes a press release and a promotional video to be aired across the Cuban television network. On 6 June, the President of the National Codex Committee of Cuba will be joined by colleagues from the Ministries of Agriculture and Public Health in a press conference. The President of the National Codex Committee, Director [...]

Nigeria’s Consumer Advocacy for Food Safety and Nutrition Initiative (CAFSANI) will hold a World Food Safety Day webinar on the subject of “mycotoxins and pesticide residues in some selected Nigerian crops ad products”. The event will take place on Monday 6 June and will be hosted and moderated by Olugbenga Ogunmoyela, President and CEO of CAFSANI. Joining him will be: -        John O. lgene from the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology and Professor of Research and Innovation at the University [...]

This year, the African Union Commission (AUC) joins the rest of the world to commemorate the fourth World Food Safety Day with a two-day virtual event “Innovative approaches to raising food safety standards and enhancing regulation in the informal food sector in Africa”. The celebrations is used to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, thereby contributing to human health, food and nutrition security, economic prosperity, market access, and sustainable development. The event will be conducted [...]

The Argentinian Food Safety Commission (Comisión Argentina de Inocuidad Alimentaria - CAIA) has organized a webinar for World Food Safety Day, in collaboration with the Argentinian Microbiology Association (the Asociación Argentina de Microbiología – AAM). The event will take place on 6 June. CAIA’s President, Fabiana Guglielmone, and Vice-President, Fernando Gallegos Sola will open a programme comprising five presentations: -        "Thinking about the future of food safety" from Marisa Caipo, Food Safety and Quality Officer of the Regional Office for Latin America and [...]

QFS (Quality Food Safety) Corporation in Ecuador is organizing a week-long series of World Food Safety Day webinars aimed at “focusing on best practices and safety processes to prevent foodborne illness and to ensure consumers [can access] safe and healthy food”. Date & time: 6-10 June 16:00 - 18:00 Ecuador time (23:00 7 June – 01:00 8 June CEST) Register here:  https://forms.gle/Bu9XFskMC4GJVNNv6 Read more: https://www.facebook.com/QFSCorporationConsultora/  

Costa Rica’s Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Commerce will host a World Food Safety Day webinar on 6 June, under the theme of “Safer food, better health”. The event will include three discussions, each of which will be followed by a question-and-answer session. The first discussion will look at “surveillance of mycotoxins”, with Alejandra Acosta and Andrea Brenes Soto from the Animal Nutrition Research Center (CINA) at the University of Costa Rica, and will be moderated by Ana Cristina Briones from [...]

Poland’s professional food quality and safety portal, Food Fakty, will be producing a “Food Fakty Week” again this year, during the week of World Food Safety Day. In close alignment with the goals and calls to action of World Food Safety Day and the “Four Betters” shaping the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the week of online events will include: Monday 6 June A series of presentations from the private sector, Professor Małgorzata Wiśniewska from the [...]

The Salvadoran Agency for Technical Regulation (OSARTEC) as Contact Point for the Codex Alimentarius in El Salvador has coordinated with the national academic sector to raise awareness about food safety. The efforts involved the development of multimedia content in celebration of World Food Safety Day, which highlighted the importance of food safety and its benefits at the national level. More than fifty students from the following universities participated in this activity. All these students are pursuing food careers. They shared the [...]