To mark World Food Safety Day 2026, the General Directorate of Food and Control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Türkiye organized a hybrid event bringing together food safety professionals from across the country. The event connected staff from all 81 Provincial Directorates of Agriculture and Forestry, 41 Food Control Laboratories and the central organization of the General Directorate. Colleagues working in different parts of the food control system [...]

By Onyinyechi Nwaokoro, NIFST The Street Food Safety Initiative (SFSI) of the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST), Lagos Chapter, commemorated the 2026 World Food Safety Day under the theme, “From Burden to Solutions: Safe Food Everywhere.” The celebration featured a series of impactful programmes held from 4 June to 8 June 2026, which were aimed at promoting food safety awareness and reducing the burden of foodborne illnesses. The activities [...]

This year the National Codex Alimentarius Committee of Honduras celebrated with academia. Every university in Tegucigalpa that offers programmes in food quality, technology, and agriculture had a booth, each with information about the food production chain. They also offered interactive activities and games to help visitors learn in an easy and engaging way. It was called "The Food Safety Route." Read more World Food Safety Day 2026  

On 8 June 2026, the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences (FNHS) at Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU), hosted a webinar celebrating World Food Safety Day 2026,  in collaboration with the Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (FAO RNE), the Lebanese Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (LAFST), the Lebanese American University (LAU), the Modern University [...]

The Codex contact point in Cuba celebrated World Food Safety Day with a Technical Workshop organized and held in Cuba on 9 June. More than 60 experts and technicians from the food chain participated. There was additionally an event held on 10 June at the Ministry of Health in Cuba with around 40 people, including the Minister of the sector, officials from the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Pan [...]

Dudhsagar Dairy, a dairy organization operating multiple plants, satellite facilities and milk chilling centres in Mehsana, India, marked World Food Safety Day 2026 with a week-long initiative aimed at strengthening food safety culture across its workforce. The programme was designed to promote practical learning, employee engagement and continuous improvement in food safety practices across all operational levels. The programme combined learning, engagement and internal assessment activities to reinforce good food safety practices [...]

To mark World Food Safety Day 2026, WELHY SARL, a Guinean company specializing in catering, cleaning and facility management services for the mining sector, organized an employee awareness and engagement day on 8 June 2026. Under the global theme, “From burden to solutions: safe food for all,” the event aimed to raise awareness of food safety, strengthen the company’s food safety culture and highlight the important role that every employee plays [...]

As part of World Food Safety Day 2026 celebrations, the Danper company organized the “Food Safety Expo” to share knowledge and reflect on the challenges and opportunities that food safety offers when it comes to ensuring consumer health. This event brought together representatives from the public sector, universities, institutions such as the Peruvian Association of Engineers and COMPIAL (Permanent Multisectoral Commission on Food Safety), as well as several suppliers in [...]

Ras Al Khaimah Municipality, in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment and a wide network of federal and local strategic partners, held a ceremony to honour the winners of the 3rd Ras Al Khaimah Food Safety Award — marking World Food Safety Day 2026 under this year's global theme: "From Burden to Solutions: Safe Food Everywhere." The event was attended by H.E. Munther Mohammed Bin Shukr Al Zaabi, Director-General [...]

To mark World Food Safety Day, whose theme this year was “From Burden to Solutions: Safe Food for All,” we held an academic and awareness-raising workshop with students from the Food and Beverage Hygiene and Safety course. The aim was to promote greater awareness of the importance of food safety throughout the entire food chain. As part of the activities, the students presented five fast-sketches or short skits that addressed common [...]