The FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (FAO-RNE) with the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO-EMRO) will jointly hold awareness campaign events for this Year’s World Food Safety Day and will invite officials from Member Countries’ food safety competent authorities, FAO/WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN), and the FAO Food Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF). In a hybrid event being held in Cairo [...]

Join FAO/WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) for a webinar in celebration of World Food Safety Day. This year, World Food Safety Day campaign focuses on the theme "Food safety: prepare for the unexpected", highlighting the importance of good risk management and risk communication practices during unexpected food safety incidents. On concrete examples, learn how effective communication is crucial in mitigating risks, ultimately reducing the burden of foodborne illnesses. The [...]

The Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is organizing for World Food Safety Day a half-day hybrid event to be held in the nation’s capital, Canberra, and online on Tuesday 11 June 2024. The Department is the lead agency in Australia for Codex Alimentarius and sees World Food Safety Day as an opportunity to promote international food safety standard-setting among partner Codex agencies, industry and consumer organizations and food [...]

The Food and Agriculture Organization Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO RAP), together with the World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia (WHO SEARO) and Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WHO WPRO), has organized a webinar titled " Food safety incident management – Experiences from the Asia-Pacific region” to celebrate the World Food Safety Day. Join us on this special occasion to learn how national authorities: Respond to [...]

A webinar will be held to commemorate World Food Safety Day in Africa under the theme: "Preparing for Food Safety Emergencies in the African Region". The event is convened through collaboration by the Regional Offices for FAO and WHO, the World Food Programme, the African Union - InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources and the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Africa. The main objective of the regional webinar is to create awareness amongst stakeholders [...]

The most recent cases of foodborne disease outbreaks internationally and their possible solutions will be discussed from the point of view of food technologists, taking into account the new challenges posed by climate change and the new realities of globalization in food production and distribution. Date: 15 June 2024Time: 08:30–12:00 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (14:30–18:00 CEST)Place: Bejuma Chamber of Commerce, Bejuma Carabobo State, Venezuela. Read more World Food Safety Day website World Food [...]

The African Union Commission's African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) and the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA) are organizing a webinar to celebrate World Food Safety Day, with the support of the EU-AU Partnership for Resilient, Inclusive and Safe food systems for Everyone (UP-RISE) and Food Safety for Africa (FS4Africa) projects. The webinar is on the subject of “Bridging Gaps in the Informal Sector” Date: 27 June 2024 Time: 14:00 CESTRegister [...]