La protección de la seguridad alimentaria y la facilitación del comercio de alimentos durante la COVID-19
Preparado por la Presidencia del Comité del Codex sobre Sistemas de Inspección y Certificación de Importaciones y Exportaciones de Alimentos (CCFICS), en cooperación con Australia, Canadá, Estados Unidos de América, Nueva Zelandia, el Reino Unido y la Unión Europea.
La pandemia de COVID-19 continúa amenazando la seguridad alimentaria debido a su repercusión en las cadenas de suministro de alimentos a escala mundial. Aunque la pandemia no genera nuevos problemas, puede agravar los existentes al producir cambios en el suministro de alimentos. [...]
02 June 2020
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Join the #WorldFoodSafetyDay Twitter chat: new date June 9
Update: date change
Now taking place on Tuesday 9 June 2020, the UN Food Systems Summit and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will host a Twitter chat in observance of World Food Safety Day. Anyone with a Twitter account can join the conversation, which will be led by @FoodSystems around the hashtags #WorldFoodSafetyDay and #WFSDchat.
In view of next year’s UN Food Systems Summit, the online chat will look at how food safety fits into food systems, as ensuring food [...]
02 June 2020
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Participe en el Día de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos junto a la FAO y la OMS
El viernes 5 de junio de 2020 por la tarde, la FAO y la OMS llevarán a cabo una celebración virtual conjunta —que se transmitirá en directo por Facebook — en la sede de la OMS en Ginebra, Suiza. Este encuentro de 45 minutos se llevará a cabo dos días antes de la celebración oficial, que este año cae en domingo.
Los asistentes tendrán la oportunidad de conversar con dos expertos en inocuidad de los alimentos, de la OMS y de [...]
02 June 2020
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Colombia se une a la celebración del Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos
Colombia se une a la celebración del Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos a través de una serie Webinars, en donde se abordan los asuntos relativos a la inocuidad y sanidad en la cadena de producción y abastecimiento agroalimentario. Los requisitos para garantizar la inocuidad, se han convertido en la exigencia central de los gobiernos para asegurar la salud de los consumidores, al tiempo que representan la principal barrera técnica en las exportaciones e importaciones.
La pandemia del Covid-19, [...]
02 June 2020
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Food safety education in elementary school classes in China
Promoting the 2nd World Food Safety Day
By Tian Ding, Mingming Guo, Yiran Jiang
An exciting Food Safety publicity and educational programme for the second World Food Safety Day was held by Department of Food Science and Nutrition of Zhejiang University on 29-31 May 2020. It was titled “Food Safety enters the classes and promotes Food Education in elementary schools”. They integrated food science with safety fun and brought this exciting activity into Liuxia elementary school in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China. [...]
02 June 2020
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1 June World Milk Day / Helping a vibrant dairy sector produce safe and quality milk
On World Milk Day, it is important to recognize the role of international guidelines and standards processes behind the production of safe milk and dairy products. Since 1903, the International Dairy Federation (IDF) has provided a mechanism for the dairy sector to reach global consensus on how to help feed the world with safe and sustainable dairy products. IDF’s member countries represent the entire dairy chain, including governments, farmers, processors, traders, input providers and academia: approximately 75% of global milk [...]
01 June 2020
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Five Keys to Safer Food - Five Kilometres to support Food Safety
Safe food, balanced nutrition and physical exercise are necessary to stay healthy. In Germany, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) as well as the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) have joined forces to organise an annual World Food Safety Day charity run.
Not only will the 5K run help raise awareness of the importance of food safety for every individual, but also money for small-scale food safety projects [...]
29 May 2020
El Comité sobre Aditivos Alimentarios apoya la innovación manteniendo sus valores fundamentales
Muchos de los comités técnicos del Codex están estudiando la forma de continuar trabajando sobre temas específicos sin celebrar reuniones presenciales, a fin de no perder un año entero. El 21 de mayo de 2020, el Comité del Codex sobre Aditivos Alimentarios (CCFA), cuyo país anfitrión es China, se reunió de forma virtual con los países que lideran los grupos de trabajo electrónicos del comité para abordar las inquietudes de los países miembros y observadores sobre la forma en que [...]
29 May 2020
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First #linkedinlive on World Food Safety Day
A day where the focus of attention on LinkedIn will be food safety. From LinkedIn and YouTube live broadcast of brief interventions by professionals related to food safety. From Nicaragua, Spain, Ecuador, Brazil, France, Colombia, the United States and other countries, food safety will be discussed.Date: 7 June 2020Time: 16:00 - 20:00 (Madrid time)Access from Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veraliment/Access from Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16FyCgf7bco
A day of everyone for everyone. On 7 June we will voice food safety.
A day where everyone will be the same, [...]
29 May 2020
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FAO, OPS, OIRSA and Consumers International to hold webinar in Spanish on safe food in markets
“Welcome to the World Food Safety Day in the Americas”, reads the invitation to a webinar being co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (OIRSA) and Consumers International.
This is a special year to celebrate and recognize the hard work of the people who work throughout the food value chain. This day is dedicated to farmers, transporters, retailers, buyers, sellers and consumers. Special thanks go [...]
29 May 2020
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