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World Food Safety Day/ Papua New Guinea Minister opens national event
In Papua New Guinea, World Food Safety Day was celebrated at a conference attended by FAO and WHO representatives, with an opening speech given on behalf of the Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, Hon. John Boito, Coffee Minister, Livestock Minister and Oil Palm Minister.
The Minister’s speech started with a background to Papua New Guinea’s membership of the Codex Alimentarius Commission and thanks to the Directors General of FAO and WHO for the “excellent work done by FAO, WHO and Codex [...]
05 July 2024
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World Food Safety Day/ Mexican company involves its entire supply chain in food safety
On 7 June, OMEX Alimentaria, a Mexican food company involved in cold meats and dairy products, celebrated World Food Safety Day for the second consecutive year. This year, two production plants and eight distribution centres in the country participated, with more than 1 000 employees.
The event became a day of learning and fun, focused on the importance of maintaining high food safety standards throughout the production, distribution and sales chain. During the celebration, fun and educational activities were held, such [...]
05 July 2024
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World Food Safety Day/ Sushi in the spotlight in Portugal event
World Food Safety Day was celebrated in an event at the Lusófona de Lisboa University in Portugal, where the risk of parasites in sushi was discussed.
Two lectures were presented by two of the researchers/teachers who have the most contact with parasitology. They explained the concern of the existence of parasites in fish that is destined for raw consumption, how they spread among marine inhabitants and how they reach humans.
In the laboratory, participants learned how to find various nematodes essentially in [...]
05 July 2024
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World Food Safety Day/ Fitness the key to promoting food safety in El Salvador
The Salvadoran Technical Regulation Agency (OSARTEC), member of the National Quality Council (CNC), celebrated World Food Safety Day with the support of the International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health (OIRSA) with the motto “Prepare for the unexpected.”
OSARTEC is the organization responsible for raising awareness of the importance of participation in the development and use of Codex Alimentarius standards, which protect the health of consumers and the promote fair practices in international food trade. Within the framework of the celebration, the [...]
05 July 2024
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The CCLAC region celebrates World Food Safety Day 2024
For the fourth consecutive year, the Regional Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO RLC), the Pan American Center for Foot and Mouth Disease and Veterinary Public Health of the Pan American Health Organization (PANAFTOSA/SPV-PAHO/WHO), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the International Regional Organization for Plant and Animal Health (OIRSA) and Ecuador as Coordinator of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean (CCLAC), jointly coordinated the CCLAC regional event [...]
04 July 2024
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World Food Safety Day/ Activities in Ukraine
On 7 June 2024, WHO Ukraine in cooperation with FAO Ukraine, Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Public Health Center of Ukraine and the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection held a webinar on food safety for the students of public health, veterinary studies, food safety, food technology faculties, as well as for general public.
Over 821 registered to take part and 480 attended the two-hour online gathering to learn from national and international food safety experts as [...]
02 July 2024
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CCEXEC86/ "Respond to the emerging challenges while leaving no one behind"
In opening remarks to the 86th session of the Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CCEXEC86), taking place at FAO Headquarters 1-5 July 2024, Maria-Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, FAO, recalled "the longstanding statutory purpose of Codex to protect consumer health and facilitate fair practices in the food trade", and that this "remains the valid and noble purpose of the Codex Alimentarius".
Noting the work of CCEXEC which includes discussions on the new Codex Strategic Plan for 2026-2031 she added that [...]
01 July 2024
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CCEXEC86/ Steve Wearne "Collaboration key to making progress"
With the 86th Session of the Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CCEXEC86) starting next week at FAO HQ, Rome, the Codex Secretariat sat down with the Chairperson, Steve Wearne (United Kingdom), to talk about the Committee, its current and future work and the status of the new Codex Strategic Plan.
Steve, thanks for your time. Let’s start from the basics. Can you explain to our general audience, what is the role of CCEXEC?
CCEXEC is a work management committee. It supports [...]
28 June 2024
Risk ranking workshops take place across Asia and Africa under the One Health Food Safety project
Throughout the month of June, risk ranking workshops have been taking place in Mongolia, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania and Viet Nam, under the One Health and Food Safety (1HFS) project, which is supported by the Republic of Korea.
The workshops are the first part of a series of planned events in the four countries under the 1HFS project, which are designed to help address the complexities of our agrifood systems from a One Health approach. This requires the involvement [...]
27 June 2024
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Codex Trust Fund/ First annual subregional workshop on enhancing participation in Codex takes place in South Asia
An intercountry workshop on “Enhancing Participation for Codex Activities” is taking place from 24–28 June 2024 in Mumbai, India, for government officials from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste. The event is hosted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) under the Codex Trust Fund project, with the aim of strengthening national codex capacity that will protect human health and facilitate fair practices in the international food [...]
26 June 2024
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