The Food Industry Technology Programme, under the Faculty of Industry and Energy Technology at New Assiut Technological University, will celebrate World Food Safety Day 2026. The celebration will feature opening and closing ceremonies, interactive activities, and educational sessions led by food safety experts. Designed for the entire student body, this commemorative event aims to raise awareness about food safety across the university campus. Due to the final exam period, the scheduled activities will take place on 28 June. An audience of [...]

In reference to the 2026 World Food Safety Day and its theme, “From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere”, an outreach event open to the community will be held on June 14 at the open-air market of the city of Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Through interactive exhibitions and practical demonstrations, this initiative will encourage the shared responsibility of consumers, food handlers, and local authorities in promoting safer food environments and adopting behavioural changes. This initiative seeks to translate scientific evidence [...]

On 8 June 2026, the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences (FNHS) at Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU), hosted a webinar celebrating World Food Safety Day 2026,  in collaboration with the Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (FAO RNE), the Lebanese Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (LAFST), the Lebanese American University (LAU), the Modern University for Business and Science (MUBS), the International Society for Precision [...]

This year the Codex Contact Point in Honduras celebrated with academia. Every university in Tegucigalpa that offers programmes in food quality, technology, and agriculture had a booth, each with information about the food production chain. They also offered interactive activities and games to help visitors learn in an easy and engaging way. It was called "The Food Safety Route." Read more World Food Safety Day 2026  

The Codex contact point in Cuba celebrated World Food Safety Day with a Technical Workshop organized and held in Cuba on 9 June. More than 60 experts and technicians from the food chain participated. There was additionally an event held on 10 June at the Ministry of Health in Cuba with around 40 people, including the Minister of the sector, officials from the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Cuba, among others, where outstanding [...]

As part of the 2026 World Food Safety Day celebrations, the National Institute of Forestry, Agricultural and Livestock Research (INIFAP) La Laguna Experimental Field and the Torreón Institute of Technology are jointly organizing the “Microbiological Analysis of Whole Melon Fruit Course.” This hands-on, in-person course, part of the FONCYT COAH-2025-C25-C084 Project, aims to strengthen technical skills in food microbiology, focusing on whole melon fruit. It will be taught by Dr. Luis Maconetzín Isidro Requejo, a researcher at the INIFAP La Laguna [...]

Dudhsagar Dairy, a dairy organization operating multiple plants, satellite facilities and milk chilling centres in Mehsana, India, marked World Food Safety Day 2026 with a week-long initiative aimed at strengthening food safety culture across its workforce. The programme was designed to promote practical learning, employee engagement and continuous improvement in food safety practices across all operational levels. The programme combined learning, engagement and internal assessment activities to reinforce good food safety practices across all operational levels. Key activities included a technical visit to [...]

To mark World Food Safety Day 2026, WELHY SARL, a Guinean company specializing in catering, cleaning and facility management services for the mining sector, organized an employee awareness and engagement day on 8 June 2026. Under the global theme, “From burden to solutions: safe food for all,” the event aimed to raise awareness of food safety, strengthen the company’s food safety culture and highlight the important role that every employee plays in preventing food safety risks throughout the food chain. Activities included [...]

As part of World Food Safety Day 2026 celebrations, the Danper company organized the “Food Safety Expo” to share knowledge and reflect on the challenges and opportunities that food safety offers when it comes to ensuring consumer health. This event brought together representatives from the public sector, universities, institutions such as the Peruvian Association of Engineers and COMPIAL (Permanent Multisectoral Commission on Food Safety), as well as several suppliers in the food industry. The event also included the official launch of [...]

A regional webinar commemorating World Food Safety Day 2026 is jointly organized by FAO, WHO, the World Food Programme (WFP), the African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) and the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA). The webinar, themed “Building Africa’s Food Safety Future: From Evidence to Action,” is scheduled to take place virtually on 11 June 2026 and aims to promote awareness and dialogue on the burden of foodborne diseases and practical actions to strengthen food safety systems across Africa. Date: 11 [...]