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Новости о Всемирном дне безопасности пищевых продуктов

In India, Tamil Nadu authorities and organizations celebrate World Food Safety Day

On 7 June, the Tamil Nadu Food Safety Department, Empower India and the All India Chamber of Commerce and Industries jointly observed World Food Safety Day  at Thoothukudi. This year’s theme is “Food Standards save lives”.  The Thoothukudi District Revenue Officer Ajay Srinivasan inaugurated the programme. The Honorary Secretary of the Empower India,  A Sankar said that “Food safety protects consumers. When food safety standards are applied the consumers will be protected by the efforts that have been undertaken in making sure that the food they consume [...]
09 June 2023

Food safety lessons for schoolchildren in Portugal on World Food Safety Day

The school meals team at the Municipality of Alcobaça in Portugal organized a special World Food Safety Day event for the children whose meals they oversee. Engineer Ana Pereira and Doctor Cristina António held awareness sessions in their local schools, teaching good food handling practices and why they are important. The sessions aimed to show the children what they can do to ensure they consume safe food. There was a game about the “five keys to safer food” with children aged [...]
09 June 2023

Expert panel takes audience questions in World Food Safety Day event hosted by FAO and the World Food Programme

The last of four live World Food Safety Day events, which took place on 7 June at FAO in Rome and online, saw the audience drive the conversation in an “Ask us anything about food safety” session. Hosted by FAO and the World Food Programme (WFP), the event featured five experts from FAO, WFP and the Codex Alimentarius Commission Secretariat, who shared anecdotes and experiences with the audience at FAO and viewers watching online. They answered questions that had been [...]
09 June 2023

Bhutan officials attend World Food Safety Day workshops

Two workshops were conducted in Paro, Bhutan 4–7 June 2023 on (a) Organic Group Certification; and (b) the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) and the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement). The workshops were organized by the Bhutan Food and Drug Authority (BFDA), Ministry of Health under the aegis of an Asian Development Bank (ADB) project on improving market linkages for the small-scale sector. It was supported by [...]
09 June 2023

Online food safety tips offered by global food company for World Food Safety Day

On 7 June, AIB International, the “technology and information transfer centre for bakers and food processors”, celebrated World Food Safety Day by hosting a complimentary one-hour virtual class in which they “took a practical look at food safety culture.” Their expert, Judi Lazaro, a food safety professional with over 30 years of experience and currently Senior Director of Global Sales at AIB International, shared practical tips that "can positively impact the food safety culture of any food facility." A total of 422 people [...]
09 June 2023

Indian dietician prescribes food safety in World Food Safety Day video

Dietician Richa Mittal in Jaipur India produced a World Food Safety Day video in which she gives advice on “safe food handling, consumption and storage”. Watch the video here        
09 June 2023

Kazakh officials deliver food safety messages in World Food Safety Day video

The National Codex Committee of Kazakhstan has produced a World Food Safety Day 2023 video, in which high-level officials speak about the importance of food safety. The Vice Minister of Health and Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Kazakhstan, Yesmagambetova Aizhan, talks about the diseases caused by unsafe food, as well as the responsibility of each player in the food chain to ensure food safety. Deputy Chair of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture, Baizhanov Kayirzhan, explains [...]
08 June 2023

Kuwaiti authorities produce World Food Safety Day videos

In a celebration of World Food Safety Day, the State of Kuwait has taken a step to promote the significance of food standards. Under the slogan "Food Standards Save Lives", the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition in Kuwait has published videos aimed at raising awareness among the public regarding the importance of food standards. Watch the video  
08 June 2023

Students in China, Macao SAR promote World Food Safety Day amongst peers and public

To celebrate World Food Safety Day this year, the students in Food and Nutritional Sciences, at Macau University of Science and Technology interviewed residents in Macao, professors and students on campus, prepared promotional materials such as brochures, canvas bags and posters, and released videos on the festival day. They spread a message that food safety plays a vital role for human health, and people have realized its importance under the COVID-19 pandemic. The students in Food and Nutritional Science, participated in this [...]
08 June 2023

British World Food Safety Day lecture looks at research into arsenic in rice

Professor Dr Parvez Haris from De Montfort University, Leicester, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, presented an online lecture for World Food Safety Day entitled “Can quinoa be a healthier and safer alternative to rice ?“. He discussed research led by his group to reduce arsenic exposure in the Bangladeshi population and at the same time increase their intake of beneficial nutrients that are low in their diet. High exposure to inorganic arsenic has been associated [...]
08 June 2023