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Vice President of India shows support for World Food Safety Day on social media
In support of the 2nd celebration of the World Food Safety Day the official twitter account of the Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu ran a a series of messages underlining the need to create awareness of foodbourne diseases and stressing how all those responsible along the food chain should work to ensure food is safe, healthy and nutritious.
On this World Food Safety Day,I call upon all stakeholders – Producers,Vendors,Consumers &Governmentsto ensure that the food we consume is safe, [...]
09 June 2020
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An avatar unveiled in Brazil for World Food Safety Day
A 7 June 2020 World Food Safety Day campaign delivered many communication and dissemination tools, enabling several companies in the food supply chain, open during the pandemic, to share the message in a clear and playful way.
An example of this is demonstrated by the activities coordinated by the Dr Adriana Abud, who works together with other professionals specialized in Safety Food to promote the Culture of Food Safety in companies. For 30 days, several calls were made, materials were sent [...]
09 June 2020
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La inocuidad de los alimentos: un aspecto fundamental de política pública
El 8 de junio de 2020, el Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio (MEIC) de Costa Rica, con la colaboración técnica del Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) celebró el seminario web “La producción sostenible y su relación con la inocuidad de los alimentos”, en el que participaron varios panelistas representantes de diferentes instituciones y entidades del sector público y privado relacionadas con la producción y la inocuidad alimentaria, y que contó con la presencia virtual del Presidente [...]
09 June 2020
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Cuba apoya el Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos de 2020
Cuba ha confirmado la realización de una serie de iniciativas para celebrar el Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos
El 22 de mayo se grabó una Conferencia que posteriormente fue subida al nuevo canal de Youtube de la Oficina Nacional de Normalización (ONN).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rehNT6kQkUk&t=28s
Se puede seguir la página oficial de Facebook de la ONN: https://www.facebook.com/normascubanas/
Todos estos eventos también se pueden seguir en la cuenta oficial en Twitter: https://twitter.com/CubaOnn
Otros eventos son:
Conferencia: "La normalización en tiempos de la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19): [...]
09 June 2020
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Impact of COVID-19 in Africa - podcast with FAO's Blaise Ouattara
Blaise Ouattara, Food Safety and Quality Officer at the FAO Regional Office for Africa, answers questions from an RFI reporter to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on food safety and the challenges ahead. He also explains the positive effects of the pandemic, particularly in terms of hygiene measures and stresses the importance of practicing the WHO Five Keys to safer food.
Listen to the podcast on: http://rfi.my/61Kl.W
09 June 2020
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Join the webinar Food Safety, Everyone’s Business: The India Experience June 10, 2020 | 11am - noon EST
Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director of Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank will join Pawan Agarwal, Special Secretary, Logistics, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and previously the CEO of the Food Safety and Standards Authority India to talk about India’s experience with improving food safety. The discussion will be moderated by Lystra N. Antoine, CEO of the Global Food Safety Partnership.
Speakers
Pawan Kumar Agarwal
Beginning his civil service career in 1985 as an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) [...]
09 June 2020
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FAO and WHO teaming up for World Food Safety Day in Tanzania
Fred Kafeero, FAO Representative to Tanzania and Tigest Ketsela Mengestu, the WHO representative report from Tanzania on how important food safety is in the country.
Kafeero highlights the role street vendors play and FAO's work to ensure their products are safe and nutritious, while Tigest Ketsela Mengestu reinforces the World Food Safety Day key message that food safety is everyone's business if we are to contribute positively to public health, trade, employment and poverty alleviation.
08 June 2020
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University POLITEHNICA Timisoara, Romania holds poster competition
The Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, University POLITEHNICA Timisoara, Romania is joining the WHO and FAO campaign on World Food Safety Day by organizing the Youth and Food Safety Competition. Because the day is 7th of June, 7 themes on food chain components that greatly impact food safety are proposed to middle school, high school and college students for a poster presentation.
The aim is to raise awareness on food safety importance, to inform and to involve more and [...]
08 June 2020
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Costa Rica Vice-President relays World Food Safety Day greetings in two videos
For the second World Food Safety Day, H.E. Epsy Campbell Barr, Vice-President of the Republic of Costa Rica, recorded two video messages, one in Spanish and another in English, to convey commemorative greetings to all. As the original sponsor of the resolution to establish a UN day dedicated to food safety, Costa Rica is committed to promoting the production, consumption and trade of safe food given its importance to health, well-being and livelihoods.
In the video, the Vice-President calls on the international community to [...]
07 June 2020
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Tunisia celebrates World Food Safety Day
As part of the World Food Safety Day celebrations the Tunisian National Agency for Sanitary and Environmental Control of Products (ANCSEP), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and all governmental and non-governmental parties involved in food safety, come together to consolidate food safety efforts and support actions to ensure food safety.
This year World Food Safety Day addresses "Food safety in markets" especially in times of COVID-19.
In this context, ANCSEP and the World Health Organization, in collaboration with all [...]
07 June 2020
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