The Government of Panama is planning to inspire action on food safety this World Food Safety Day, with a webinar titled “Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow.” The 7 June event will address issues related to good food handling and, with presentations from Costa Rica and Colombia, discussion will also explore international challenges in food safety, as well as national, regional and international policies in favour of safe and nutritious food. Dr Jessie Usaga from the National Center for Food Science [...]

The Agency for the Regulation and Control of Phytosanitary and Animal Health (AGROCALIDAD) in Ecuador is running a competition and hosting a webinar for World Food Safety Day, under the themes of “food safety is everyone’s business” and “safe food now for a healthy tomorrow.” The event will have two parts to it, with Rommel Betancourt, AGROCALIDAD’s food safety coordinator opening the proceedings with a word about World Food Safety Day. Thereafter, Agustin Zimmermann, the representative for the Food and Agriculture Organization [...]

For World Food Safety Day (7 June 2021), WHO and FAO are jointly launching a #KeepFoodSafe challenge on TikTok to educate TikTok generation about safe food handling behaviours. If you love food, join the #KeepFoodSafe challenge! All you have to do is to ‘duet’ with WHO/FAO videos showing how you use one of the keys. Each year, 1 in 10 people get sick from unsafe food. While food safety is a shared responsibility, individual consumers and food handlers play a huge role in preventing foodborne diseases. The [...]

The Codex Guatemala office is inviting interested parties to attend a webinar for World Food Safety Day, which is organized under this year’s theme “Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow.” The free event will address two key subject areas: the relevance of laboratory analysis to keeping food safe in the Guatemalan food industry food safety is everyone’s business The webinar will take place on World Food Safety Day itself: 7 June. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAod-mhqD8sH9WL3o9unSdrFBz75ShSqubW Date and time: 7 June, 08:00 (14:00 GMT)

The Costa Rican Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Commerce will host a webinar for World Food Safety Day under this year’s theme "Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow." The 7 June event will include recognized national and international panelists who will contribute to two sessions: The role of intestinal microbiota in the advance towards safe and healthier foods The process of normalization and regulation of nanotechnology and nano materials as prevention of nanotoxicity The event will be opened by Victoria Hernández Mora, [...]

The technology centre, AINIA, based in Valencia, Spain, is targeting alumni of their food-related courses in a World Food Safety Day webinar organized for 7 June. Students at AINIA are taught about the responsibility of taking food safety seriously and, in particular, courses at AINIA cover relevant legislation and regulations. This webinar will address recent changes to the key European food hygiene regulation, (EC) 852/2004, which has been modified to bring it into closer alignment with FAO/WHO Codex texts. Food quality and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]