On 7 June, the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) in Kazakhstan welcomed guests to the 7th expert meeting of the Healthy and Safe Food Ecosystem Programme of the IOFS, devoted to the celebration of World Food Safety Day. The event was organized jointly with the Kazakh Agrotechnical University named after S.Seifulin. The meeting gathered experts from: Kazakakhstan, the Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Türkiye and Tajikistan. The IOFS calls for global participation in promoting [...]

The Philippine Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (DA-BAFS) will be supporting the celebration of the World Food Safety Day 2023 through a webinar. The webinar entitled, "From farm to plate, making food safe: A Webinar on Food Safety-related Standards" will be aired live via DA-BAFS' Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/da.bafs) on 8 June, 2023 at 13.30–16.30 hours local time (19.30–22.30 hours CEST). With this webinar, the organizers aim to promote food safety - Philippine National Standards (PNS), i.e. codes of [...]

On Wednesday, 7 June 2023, the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation and the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in the Russian Federation jointly with the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Federal Research Centre of Nutrition and Biotechnology" will hold a press conference at the TASS press centre from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Moscow time, as well as a scientific symposium from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Moscow time at the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Federal Research Centre [...]

O Guia para o Dia Mundial da Segurança dos Alimentos 2023 está aqui! The World Food Safety Day guide in Portuguese is out now and available for download. This means that the millions of Portuguese-speaking people across Africa, Asia, and Latin America have direct access to information about how to participate in the UN Day that is marked on 7 June, making it easier for food safety advocates to raise awareness and inspire action. The theme this year for World Food [...]

The National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB), organized a virtual event to celebrate World Food Safety Day on 7 June 2023. The celebration featured an array of “informative presentations, interactive sessions, and engaging activities”, all designed to address various aspects of food safety. Distinguished experts in the field were present to share their insights and experiences, providing valuable knowledge on current food safety trends, emerging challenges, and best practices. NABCB is dedicated to promoting food safety standards and practices in [...]

This year’s joint FAO and WHO World Food Safety Day event took place today with a programme dedicated to the year’s theme, “Food standards save lives”. The hybrid event was hosted at FAO in Rome and was available online where over 2 000 people registered. Two panel discussions and a one-on-one conversation covered different aspects of how food standards save lives. Welcome remarks were delivered by FAO’s Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, who underlined the importance of food safety both to FAO’s [...]

In a live World Food Safety Day event today, FAO offered a first peek at a new website: “FAO’s GHP and HACCP Toolbox for Food Safety”. GHP – or Good Hygienic Practices - are well established practices for keeping food safe along the food supply chain. They underpin the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point, or HACCP, food safety management system. FAO has worked with international experts to develop the guidance materials for this new website, which is designed to [...]

The Master of Science in Food Safety at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, is organizing an event for World Food Safety Day this year, which includes three conferences on issues of safety systems in primary production, use of whole genome sequencing in food safety and probiotics and postbiotics. In addition, there will be a presentation of the theses of the postgraduate students through the contest "My thesis in three minutes" in order to make known in a brief and entertaining way, [...]

The Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) has organized an Expert Meeting for Healthy and Safe Food and a video to celebrate World Food Safety Day on 7 June. The event is organized in cooperation with the Kazakh Agro Technical University, named after S.Seifullin, in Astana, Kazakhstan. Experts from seven countries will participate in the session: Kazakakhstan, Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Türkiye, Tajikistan. The keynote speakers at the event will be Director General of the IOFS, Professor Yerlan [...]

On 7 June, World Food Safety Day, FAO and WHO will host a hybrid high-level event where participants can learn how food safety standards contribute to saving lives. The event will expand on this year’s theme for World Food Safety Day, “Food standards save lives”. The event will open with remarks by QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General, and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. During the 75-minute event, FAO’s Deputy Director-General, Maria Helena Semedo will moderate a short panel discussion with ministers for agriculture [...]