To celebrate World Food Safety Day, Grupo Jumex dedicated a day to raising awareness about the importance of ensuring safe food production. This year, they held an Expo with 17 booths, addressing key topics such as traceability, equipment cleaning and disinfection, pesticide control, prevention of cross-contact with allergens, contamination by foreign bodies, the impact of new products, and weighing defects, among others. The event included the participation of the company's seven [...]

On the occasion of the World Food Safety Day, a book titled, “Food Safety is Everyone’s Business – Even Yours and Mine” was unveiled in Mumbai by Padma Vibhushan Dr R. A. Mashelkar, former Director-General of India’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. He is a world-renowned scientist and is known for his innovative policies. The book was written by Dr Trupti Bhat, herself a food science expert. She was [...]

On 7 June 2026, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Lisbon hosted the “Viva Fair”, bringing together academia, the food sector and the community to celebrate food safety, sustainable nutrition, science and tradition. The event featured hands-on workshops on the production of sourdough bread, kefir, miso and kombucha, alongside lectures and discussions on innovation and food systems. Participants explored the role of food safety in supporting both public health [...]

On 6 June 2026, Milon School, in collaboration with Native Foodscape Foundation, organized an educational visit to the DIMUL Central Dairy Plant as part of World Food Safety Day celebrations. Designed for students in Classes VI to IX, the programme provided practical insights into the journey of milk from farm to table, highlighting the food safety, hygiene, quality assurance and testing measures that help ensure milk remains safe and nutritious for [...]

To mark World Food Safety Day 2026, Ecuador organized two public awareness activities in Quito on 5 June 2026. An Information Fair on Food Safety brought together public institutions, academia and agrifood sector stakeholders to promote the importance of safe food throughout the food chain. A “dance therapy” session, held under the slogan “From burden to solutions: safe food everywhere”, encouraged participants to learn about food safety while promoting healthy lifestyles. The two events attracted approximately 250 participants, highlighting [...]

On 8 June, FAO hosted a high-level hybrid event titled From standards to solutions: advancing a One Health approach through implementation of Codex AMR texts to reduce foodborne antimicrobial resistance. Held on the sidelines of FAO Council week and in honour of World Food Safety Day, the event explored how Codex texts can provide solutions to the global burden of foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In discussing the successes of the [...]

Les employés d'Agro Food Industrie (AFI) et de la Compagnie des Boissons d'Afrique (CBA), filiales du groupe SONOCO basé en République de Guinée, se sont mobilisés autour du thème mondial « Du fardeau aux solutions : l'accès universel à une alimentation saine », à travers plusieurs actions de sensibilisation et la promotion d'une culture de la qualité et de la sécurité sanitaire des aliments. Les activités organisées comprenaient : - Des sessions de sensibilisation à la [...]

To celebrate World Food Safety Day 2026, the Association for the Fight Against Food Unsanitariness in Cameroon (ALIAC) organized a series of awareness-raising activities in Douala under the theme "Food Safety: Science in Action – From Burden to Solutions: Safe Food for All." A highlight of the celebrations was a public awareness sports walk on 7 June, which brought together community members, health professionals, students and partners to promote food safety and [...]

Global food safety non-profit SSAFE has published a new Knowledge Paper arguing for the importance to move beyond binary "safe versus not safe" thinking toward a more integrated, risk-based approach. Written by food policy veteran Steven J. Wearne and developed in partnership with FAO's Markus Lipp, the paper contends that the highly conservative safety margins built into standard risk assessment processes can undermine food security and sustainability when applied rigidly — [...]

Happy World Food safety Day! This year, the celebrations are led by WHO and are centred on the theme “From burden to solutions: safe food everywhere”. The Directors-General of both FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) have recorded messages in celebration of the Day.  As part of this year’s celebrations, WHO has released the estimates of the global burden of foodborne diseases 2000–2021 (2026 edition). Referencing this release of data, WHO’s [...]