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Ensuring food safety across national borders in the African region … for a healthy tomorrow

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are to host a 2-hour webinar for World Food Safety Day, in conjunction with the Codex Alimentarius Secretariat and the Codex Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA). The event is entitled “Acting across national borders in the region for ensuring safe food for a healthier tomorrow.” The 8 June event will concentrate on countries’ need to invest in strengthening national food control [...]
08 June 2021

The Codex office in Honduras is holding a World Food Safety Day competition and webinars

Honduras’ Codex office will hold four World Food Safety Day webinars and, in an effort to encourage promotion of food safety generally, is also running a competition for companies throughout Honduras. Companies are being asked to send in videos, photos and testimonies that show how company employees were inspired to join in on World Food Safety Day celebrations. Three key criteria will be used to choose the three winners: Creativity Staff inclusion Relevance to good food safety awareness The winners will be announced on 8 [...]
08 June 2021

Kerala event in India to offer virtual creative competitions for World Food Safety Day

In India, the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU), the College of Food technology, Thumburmuzhy and the Thrissur Chapter of the Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India) have teamed up to run a series of competitions to “help in the proliferation of ideas and actions that foster the creation of safe and healthy food for a better tomorrow.”The initiative is called “FOODSALVATIO' 21” and will take place virtually on World Food Safety Day, 7 June and will include: a [...]
07 June 2021

Virtual student seminar in India will discuss safe food now for a healthy tomorrow

The Centre for Quality and Food Safety (CQFS), New Delhi, India has teamed up with Sharda University in Delhi to celebrate World Food Safety Day with a virtual seminar targeted towards students throughout India. The seminar is entitled “safe food now for a healthy tomorrow.” The winner of an e-poster competition that has been running will also be announced during this event. The seminar will be broken up into a morning and evening session, each with two speakers: Morning: Dr Shyamal Kumar Banerjee, [...]
07 June 2021

Ministra de Economía de El Salvador: Se prevé la aplicación y difusión de mejores prácticas de producción

El Salvador se unió a la conmemoración del Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos a través de un conversatorio virtual donde se dieron cita representantes de instituciones públicas, la  industria de alimentos, organismos internacionales y universidades para hablar sobre el lema de este año: Alimentos seguros ahora, para un mañana saludable. El Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica -OSARTEC-, como Punto de Contacto del Codex Alimentarius organizó la actividad que contó con la participación de más de 230 espectadores y [...]
07 June 2021

YPARD Nepal celebrates World Food Safety Day with a photo contest

Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD), Nepal announced an online “World Food Safety Photo Contest 2021" with the global theme "Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow". The contest will run from June 7, 2021, to July 7, 2021, where the winner of the photo contest will be announced. The aim of the contest is to draw the youth’s attention to the current food safety scenario and come up with a better view of visualizing strength, potential contribution, and challenges on stabilizing [...]
07 June 2021

Kenya join the world in marking World Food Safety Day

On June 7, 2021, Kenya joined the rest of the world in celebrating the 3rd World Food Safety Day. The theme of this year being ‘Safe Food Today, for a Healthy Tomorrow,’ the country organized an online webinar to raise awareness and inspire action on the importance of food safety in the country and the African region at large. The National Planning Committee Coordinated by the Ministry of Health held a 5-hour webinar which included panelists from various stakeholders of food [...]
07 June 2021

Senac University Center in Brazil will host two webinars on food safety management

Senac University Center is planning to hold two webinars to celebrate World Food Safety Day and highlight food safety management practices. The events, which will take place on June 7 and June 9, will be in Portuguese and invite the audience of students, researchers, and food safety professionals to participate. Moderated by Dr Laís Mariano Zanin, a nutritionist, the first event will focus on water and school feeding in the context of a dialogue on food safety and United Nations 2030 [...]
07 June 2021

Ecuador destaca la importancia de la inocuidad de los alimentos para un mañana saludable

La Agencia de Regulación y Control Fito y Zoosanitario – AGROCALIDAD, como Autoridad Nacional Sanitaria, Fitosanitaria y de Inocuidad de los Alimentos en Ecuador, organizo el evento virtual denominado “Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos”, a fin de generar una conciencia clara en la población ecuatoriana sobre la importancia de la producción y consumo de alimentos inocuos. El evento protocolar conto con la intervención de las siguientes autoridades; Rommel Betancourt, Coordinador de Inocuidad de Alimentos de AGROCALIDAD, abrió  el evento [...]
07 June 2021

Food Safety in the Context of Sustainable Food Systems in Europe and Central Asia

In celebration of the 7 June World Food Safety Day, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and WHO Regional Office for Europe held a joint event this morning to discuss food safety in the context of sustainable food systems and actions needed to address food safety issues in the interface of humans, animals and environment. The event was attended by 216 participants and was available in English and Russian languages. The opening addresses by Mr. Vladimir Rakhmanin, FAO Assistant [...]
07 June 2021