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World Food Safety Day / Brazilian food distributor raises awareness among staff and clients

Via Rovigo Indústria, Comércio e Distribuição de Produtos Alimentícios S.A. / Pot of Foods, a food distribution company located in São Paulo, Brazil, celebrated World Food Safety Day 2025 with a dedicated Food Safety Week, held 3– 6 June, under the global theme “Science in Action.” The company involved 100 percent of its employees in a series of practical and educational activities designed to reinforce food safety culture and promote the application of scientific [...]
09 June 2025

World Food Safety Day / Brazil symposium gathers science, health and food safety professionals

On 6 June, the National Institute for Quality Control in Health, INCQS/Fiocruz, held a symposium to celebrate World Food Safety Day under the theme “Food Safety: Science in Action.”  The event gathered around 200 participants and featured expert presentations from the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA), and INCQS highlighting key topics such as chemical contaminants in food, the role [...]
09 June 2025

World Food Safety Day / Students in Peru spread food safety awareness

In celebration of World Food Safety Day 2025 under the theme “Food Safety: Science in Action,” students from the Faculty of Hospitality Management, Tourism, and Gastronomy at Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (Peru) organized a seminar and hands-on awareness activities highlighting the importance of proper handwashing and the distinction between washing and disinfecting to prevent foodborne illnesses. Led by Professor Alejandra Longa López, the activities were carried out as part of the course Sanitation and Hygiene [...]
07 June 2025

World Food Safety Day / China Children's Food Safety and Programming Fun Experience Day

In order to actively respond to the call of the National Food Safety Publicity Week, enhance the food safety awareness of young students, and practice the slogan of "Food Safety: Science in Action", on the occasion of the 7th World Food Safety Day, China University of Petroleum (East China) and Ocean University of China came to Zhanshan Community to jointly carry out the theme activity of "Food Safety for Kids [...]
07 June 2025

World Food Safety Day / Nigeria hotel staff encourage food safety awareness

Staff at the Marriott Hotel in Lagos celebrated in a day of food safety awareness raising. The event started with a welcome note from the General Manager to all attendees. There was a presentation for the day by the Hygiene and Food Safety Manager, Victoria Ofoji Macaulay. This was followed by a discussion session led by various dignitaries spanning the food chain who spoke on their roles in safeguarding food. There was [...]
07 June 2025

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) celebrates World Food Safety Day

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) celebrated World Food Safety Day with a release of a range of communication materials designed to raise awareness of how science-based approaches help address food safety challenges and prevent foodborne risks. These activities are also being promoted in the framework of the joint Safe2EatEU campaign, conducted in collaboration with EU Member States. A podcast episode with EFSA’s chief scientist, Carlos das Neves, featuring insights into regulatory science, the role [...]
07 June 2025

Happy World Food Safety Day!

World Food Safety Day is here! And we’re encouraging everyone this year to promote “Food safety: science in action”. Hundreds of events have been planned around the world, some of them have announcements posted on the World Food Safety Day website. Since its first celebration in 2019, World Food Safety Day has really taken root – and for that, we must say a big thank you to all those who have [...]
07 June 2025

World Food Safety Day / Peru authorities hold two-day event

Peru’s national food safety authorities – General Directorate of Environmental Health and Food Safety (DIGESA), National Fisheries Health Organization (SANIPES) and National Service of Agrarian Health (SENASA) – jointly organized a two-day to celebrate World Food Safety Day. The programme included virtual sessions accessible via Zoom and YouTube, featuring discussions and knowledge-sharing on food safety issues.  Date: 5–6 June  The recording can be watched online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSBlqNwXGsc Read more World Food Safety Day 2025 news      
06 June 2025

World Food Safety Day / High school lecture on food safety, Japan

As part of the Shizunou Consortium Project of Hokkaido Shizunai Agricultural High School, on 23 May, Masanori Kotani, President and Secretary General of Japan’s Food Safety Management Association (JFSM) delivered an online lecture to second-year students at Hokkaido Shizunai Agricultural High School on the themes of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s “Five keys to safer food”, "Introduction to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points system" and "World Food Safety [...]
05 June 2025

World Food Safety Day / 700 children participate in Food Safety Week in Portuguese municipality

Schools across the Municipality of Alcobaça, Portugal, participated in Food Safety Week from 26 to 30 May, in anticipation of World Food Safety Day on 7 June. This year's edition, themed “Science in Action”, involved 700 children from the municipality. On 30 May, the Alfeizerão School Center welcomed Ana Filipa Pereira, a technician from the Alcobaça Municipal Council, known as “Pipa Vitamina” who organized interactive activities. In the classroom, students conducted [...]
05 June 2025