It is crucial to understand and become familiar with the Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene and how the principles contained therein are integrated into legislation or influence national, regional, public, and...

FAO convened a Technical Meeting on Gut Microbiome in Food Safety Chemical Risk Assessment from December 12 to 14, 2023. A group of experts representing various regions and disciplines, ranging...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will organize a global meeting on whole genome sequencing (WGS) for food safety and water surveillance within the One Health...

Food is a basic necessity for life. Yet foods can also be associated with adverse health effects, including those resulting from dietary exposure to chemical substances, whether naturally occurring, process-induced,...

The use of antimicrobials in agriculture and food production has significantly contributed to improved animal welfare and safer production systems. These medicines are the only way to treat bacterial diseases...

An article by FAO authors has been published in Nature on the opportunities and challenges for global food safety in advancing circular policies and practices in agrifood systems.   A shift from...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in cooperation with the National Food Safety Agency (NFSA), concluded an eight-month assessment of Egypt’s food control system with a...

At the IUFoST World Congress on Food Science and Technology, FAO presented its ongoing efforts in improving national food control systems using the FAO/WHO Food Control System Assessment Tool. The...

A joint event organised and delivered by FAO’s Fisheries and Aquaculture  and Food Systems and Food Safety Divisions including contributions from Codex Secretariat experts and technical experts. The training event will...

Circular production promises vast benefits towards sustainability across all dimensions – economic, environmental and social. Yet, it also implies a significant departure from the linear “take-make-use-dispose” model of the current...

FAO has published the meeting report of the 2023 Food Safety Foresight Technical Meeting, along with a series of video interviews and an infographic. The report explores three focus areas...

On 10 October 2024, a total of 25 stakeholder presenters from various parts of the world gathered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, for a global meeting on cell-based food and precision...

Experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division accompanied officials from the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) on a tour of the n!Biomachines facility, a Canadi

A FAO mission to validate data on Djibouti’s food control system concluded yesterday, marking the final phase of a $6.4 million European Union-funded project that has already supported assessments in...

A technical seminar on “Artificial Intelligence (AI) for food safety”, slated for 6 November 2024, will be held in Iran Room, FAO headquarters, as well as online, and registration is...

The latest volume of the FAO JECFA Monographs has been published, containing residue evaluation of certain veterinary drugs prepared at the 98th meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on...

FAO hosted a side event on the JECFA Toolbox at the 27th Session of the Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF27). Vittorio Fattori and Markus Lipp, FAO,...

The importance of aquatic foods in global nutrition and food security cannot be overstated. Valued for their nutritional benefits and their contribution to livelihoods, the production and per capita consumption...

Last week, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) successfully concluded a crucial training program in Comoros aimed at enhancing the country’s food safety measures. The initiative, supported by a financial...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) participated in an event hosted by the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Committee) on...