As a national Codex Contact Point for North Macedonia, the Food and Veterinary Agency joined the global campaign in the celebration of June 7 - World Food Safety Day. The aim of the initiative was to bring together different stakeholders involved in the food chain and through a public debate to raise awareness for food safety as well as inform the public about the importance of preventing and managing the risks associated with food, promoting health, economic prosperity, agricultural development [...]

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are helping to measure global progress towards a more equitable future as part of the United Nations’ “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.” Food safety is integral to food security (SDG2), to health and wellbeing (SDG3) and to economic security (SDGs 1 and 8) – and yet of the 247 indicators established to measure SDG advances, there is none for food safety. On the occasion of World Food Safety Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) Department of [...]

One of the first World Food Safety Day events this year took place in Australia in an event jointly hosted by Environmental Health Australia (EHA) and the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) of the United States of America. The aim of the event was, over a 24-hour period, to talk with food safety regulators from around the world to get an idea of the different – and similar – challenges, approaches and practices encountered in different countries. The Australian half of [...]

The National Quality Association of Tanzania (NQAT) has issued an invitation for a series of webinars with the World Food Safety Day theme of “Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow.” During the webinars, prominent industry leaders and professionals will share their experiences -including challenges, opportunities and success stories - relating to the domain of food quality. The webinars will offer practical insights on how to improve food safety, with the aim of promoting quality awareness and knowledge in industry, commerce, [...]

The Government of Colombia is organizing three events over three days to mark World Food Safety Day. The events will cover some fundamental issues around the subject of food safety. On 9 June, Dr Margarita Corrales, a specialist in food safety for the Pan American Health Organization will speak on “Microbiological Risks of Foods - Focus on the Consumer.” A forum discussion has been arranged for the following day, where Carla Yojana Portillo Carrascal, an expert in animal production and the [...]

On 8 June 2021, Romania held a webinar 'From raw material to product' on the theme of food safety among food companies. Several representatives from food industry companies in Romania, an official from the Romanian National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority and an official from the Romanian Veterinary and Food Safety Directorate held presentations about the measures they implement to ensure food safety inside the process chain, the overall food safety management, and defense, as well as the special measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussions also [...]

2021年 6 月 7 日，粮农组织总干事屈冬玉和世卫组织总干事谭德塞在一次网播Zoom 会议开幕时敦促国际社会采取行动，确保为每个人保障食品安全，构筑健康未来。 粮农组织总干事说：“食品安全对实现更高效、包容、坚韧和可持续的农业和食品系统、为全世界人民提供健康食品至关重要。”他鼓励各方协作，改造农业食品系统，以实现更好的生产、更好的营养、更好的环境、更好的生活。 世卫组织总干事指出，当食品安全得到改善时，我们就会减少饥饿、营养不良和婴儿死亡率。他说：“在这一艰难时期，我们对确保安全、健康和富有营养的食品承担集体责任。” 食典委的上级机构粮农组织和世卫组织的两位首席科学家作为特邀嘉宾出席了这次网上直播的世界食品安全日活动。 世卫组织首席科学家苏米亚·斯瓦米内森说：“科学是食品安全工作的核心。”这位首席科学家解释了如何利用科学开发解决方案，就像 2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）疫情中的那种情况。“您如何干预食品安全取决于您对哪些干预措施将对降低风险产生最大影响的理解。负责食品安全的机构需要利用食物链的信息来做出决定，分配资源，加强国家食品安全系统。” 食品法典委员会——出色而持续的合作 世卫组织和粮农组织向食典委提供的科学建议对制定基于可靠科学方法的国际食品安全标准至关重要。斯瓦米内森博士说：“我目睹了食典委的运作，这是一项出色而持续的合作。” 粮农组织首席科学家伊斯玛罕·埃洛阿菲女士引用了世界食品安全日的口号“食品安全，人人有责”，以提醒与会者和网络广播观众新的粮农组织食品安全战略将如何支持成员国增强食品安全能力，即鼓励包容性方法，让区域、国家和地方各级的利益相关者共同参与这项努力。 埃洛阿菲博士强调了这两个组织的协作性质，她说：“能够领导这个联合科学咨询项目，为食典委提供所有科学建议，我们深感自豪。该项目在包容性、科学卓越性和公正性方面享有最高声誉，从而吸引了全世界最杰出的科学家。” 成功的范例 食典委秘书处的David Massey先生介绍2021 年世界食品安全日 © FAO/Codex 庆祝第三届世界食品安全日也提供了一个机会来展示世界各地的食品安全成功案例。与会者关注的议题十分全面，包括青年教育、水资源管理、抗菌素耐药性、国际市场准入、食品加工、“同一个健康”（One Health）等等。他们对 2021 年的主题——保障食品安全，构筑健康未来——有了深入理解。 观看网络广播视频：https://youtu.be/kWM4G5e8_TQ 主图片：食典委秘书处的Sarah Cahill女士采访粮农组织首席科学家埃洛阿菲（左）和世卫组织首席科学家斯瓦米内森 © FAO/Codex

In celebration of World Food Safety Day, the National Food Agency of Georgia has presented its annual report. The event was opened by Mr. Levan Davitashvili, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, who highlighted the achieved results and new challenges and thanked FAO and other international organizations for their continuous support in ensuring food safety in the country. "I would not exaggerate to state that in terms of food safety, the ministry has been working continuously, consistently and [...]

The World Bank is hosting a webinar on 8 June, to discuss China’s digital response to the food safety challenges the nation faces. Food safety risks in China can have a significant global impact both on the safety of China’s food exports and on global trust in China’s food industry. The COVID19 pandemic has only exacerbated such problems, “notably in processing, packaging and transporting agro-products.” This webinar will explore China’s “disruptive digital solutions for effective food safety management.” Such solutions [...]

As the Vice Minister of Health care E. Kiyasov (main photo) noted, food products consumed by the population determine the standard of living and well-being of future generations. WHO estimates that the consumption of food contaminated with bacteria, viruses or parasites, as well as toxic or chemical substances, causes 600 million cases of foodborne illness and 420 000 lethal cases each year. A welcoming speech was made by the founder of the primary health care in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the [...]