In 2026, Zensho Co. Ltd. participated in World Food Safety Day for the fourth consecutive year. Building upon the experience gained in the previous year, the Manufacturing Division independently planned and designed the programme, implementing activities aligned with this year’s theme: “From burden to solutions: safe food everywhere.” At the outset, a lecture was delivered utilizing the Company’s internal guidebook, which is based on Codex Alimentarius standards, covering key topics such as food safety management systems, Good Hygiene Practices (GHPs), and Hazard [...]

As part of this year’s World Food Safety Day celebrations, the EU Food Safety Platform presents a week-long virtual multi-actor dialogue initiative (1–7 June 2026) showcasing contributions from several platform members with the theme: “the “From burden to solutions - safe food everywhere”.  Programme highlights include:  Webinar by Medfiles   How to Register Food Ingredients and Dietary Supplements for the US Market: GRAS and NDI Explained  Date: Monday 1 JuneTime: 12:00 PM CESTAccess: Streaming here https://youtu.be/kR377Qgu15c  Webinar by College of Food Engineering of the Ordem dos Engenheiros Técnicos (Portugal)   Food Safety: tech expertise and competences for the future  Date: Monday 3 JuneTime: 12:00 PM CESTAccess: Streaming [...]

The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), through its Occupational Safety and Health Unit, promotes food safety awareness among military contingents (blue helmets) and civilian personnel in celebration of World Food Safety Day 2026. The initiative focuses on disseminating the WHO and FAO “5 Keys to Safer Food” and strengthening a culture of food safety within the Mission. To support outreach and engagement, MONUSCO developed educational materials, including an AI-based video in English with [...]

AmulFed Dairy, Gandhinagar, is celebrating World Food Safety Day 2026 through a week-long series of awareness, engagement, and capacity-building activities. The objective of the celebration is to strengthen the food safety culture across the organization and enhance awareness among employees, workers, contractors, vendors, and other stakeholders. The programme includes: Display of food safety awareness posters and visual materials across the dairy premises. Food safety awareness talks for workers conducted by the Food Safety Team. Food Safety Slogan, Poem, and Reel Competitions. Elocution Competition on food [...]

The International Dairy Federation (IDF) will celebrate World Food Safety Day 2026 through a webinar focused on the critical role of milk treatments, particularly pasteurization, in ensuring safer food and promoting public health. The session aligns with the objectives of FAO and WHO by highlighting science-based approaches that help prevent foodborne diseases and strengthen consumer protection. The webinar will explore pasteurization as a cornerstone of milk safety while also addressing other scientifically validated treatments that contribute to safe dairy consumption. Drawing on [...]

The Basque Association of Food Science and Technology (ACTAE) will celebrate World Food Safety Day at the FoodTech & Pick Pack Expo in Bilbao, which will take place at the BEC-Bilbao at the end of May. ACTAE invites its members to attend the B2B meeting on May 28, from 3:15 to 4:00 p.m., entitled: Food Safety and Processes: Key Areas for Inter-organizational Cooperation. The aim is to highlight the importance of all professionals and graduates in Food Science and Technology remembering [...]

There's just one week to go before World Food Safety Day! This year’s theme, “From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere” focuses on WHO’s upcoming report on data collected and analysed to understand the global burden of foodborne diseases, and the responses that can then be targeted at tackling them. As part of this year’s campaign, throughout June, WHO will host a series of webinars presenting this new global evidence on the burden of foodborne diseases and the methodologies underpinning [...]

As we gear up for this year’s celebrations, the World Food Safety Day team has put together a “Programme of events” outlining the different activities being organized by FAO, WHO and Codex to expand on the 2026 theme “From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere”. The programme is posted on the homepage of the World Food Safety Day website. World Food Safety Day this year is led by WHO and focuses on the release of the updated WHO estimates of [...]

In 2002, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea designated 14 May as Food Safety Day, and has celebrated the Day every year since to raise public awareness and understanding of food safety and to build social consensus on its importance. Marking its 25th celebration this year, the commemorative ceremony brought together approximately 300 participants from the food industry, consumer organizations, academia, and related sectors to reaffirm the importance of food safety and share future [...]

As part of activities related to World Food Safety Day, Japan Food Safety Management Association (JFSM) conducted a lecture and workshop at Visayas State University in the Philippines. The programme was organized by the ASEAN FOOD Industries Human Resource Development Association (AFH) as a special endowment lecture. On 22 April 2026, JFSM Chairperson, Masanori Kotani, delivered a lecture titled “Enhance Food Integrity: Food Safety and Social Responsibilities through Food Chains.” The lecture introduced Japan’s approaches to good management practices (GMP), the [...]