ФАО, ВОЗ и Секретариат Кодекса Алиментариус отметили Всемирный день безопасности пищевых продуктов–2021, организовав онлайн-дискуссию с участием научных сотрудников
Состоявшаяся 7 июня 2021 года онлайн-дискуссия прошла в формате Zoom-конференции и транслировалась в прямом эфире. Открывали мероприятие генеральный директор ФАО Цюй Дунъюй и генеральный директор ВОЗ Тедрос Аданом Гебреисус, записавшие видеообращения с призывом принять необходимые меры и обеспечить доступ к безопасному продовольствию для здорового будущего.
«Безопасность пищевых продуктов играет решающую роль в создании более эффективных, инклюзивных, гибких и устойчивых агропродовольственных систем, способных обеспечить полезными продуктами все население планеты», — отметил генеральный директор ФАО, призывая общими усилиями трансформировать агропродовольственные системы таким образом, чтобы усовершенствовать производственные процессы, улучшить [...]
08 June 2021
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World Food Safety Day celebrated in Georgia
In celebration of World Food Safety Day, the National Food Agency of Georgia has presented its annual report. The event was opened by Mr. Levan Davitashvili, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, who highlighted the achieved results and new challenges and thanked FAO and other international organizations for their continuous support in ensuring food safety in the country.
"I would not exaggerate to state that in terms of food safety, the ministry has been working continuously, consistently and [...]
08 June 2021
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Kazakhstan holds Round Table "Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow" dedicated to World Food Safety Day.
As the Vice Minister of Health care E. Kiyasov (main photo) noted, food products consumed by the population determine the standard of living and well-being of future generations. WHO estimates that the consumption of food contaminated with bacteria, viruses or parasites, as well as toxic or chemical substances, causes 600 million cases of foodborne illness and 420 000 lethal cases each year.
A welcoming speech was made by the founder of the primary health care in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the [...]
08 June 2021
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Ministra de Economía de El Salvador: Se prevé la aplicación y difusión de mejores prácticas de producción
El Salvador se unió a la conmemoración del Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos a través de un conversatorio virtual donde se dieron cita representantes de instituciones públicas, la industria de alimentos, organismos internacionales y universidades para hablar sobre el lema de este año: Alimentos seguros ahora, para un mañana saludable.
El Organismo Salvadoreño de Reglamentación Técnica -OSARTEC-, como Punto de Contacto del Codex Alimentarius organizó la actividad que contó con la participación de más de 230 espectadores y [...]
07 June 2021
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Kenya join the world in marking World Food Safety Day
On June 7, 2021, Kenya joined the rest of the world in celebrating the 3rd World Food Safety Day. The theme of this year being ‘Safe Food Today, for a Healthy Tomorrow,’ the country organized an online webinar to raise awareness and inspire action on the importance of food safety in the country and the African region at large.
The National Planning Committee Coordinated by the Ministry of Health held a 5-hour webinar which included panelists from various stakeholders of food [...]
07 June 2021
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The Food Safety Commission of Japan plans World Food Safety Day Kids Box revamp
For fans of the Food Safety Commission of Japan’s (FSCJ) Kids Box feature, standby for a revamp! The FSJC is planning to introduce new characters to mark World Food Safety Day, so check them out on 7 June at:
https://www.fsc.go.jp/kids-box/
https://www.facebook.com/cao.fscj
Kids Box introduces young people to different food safety concepts and gives them age-appropriate information on subjects like allergies, food poisoning and food preservation.
The FSCJ Chairperson will has also prepared a video address that will be available on the organization’s Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnQF9MyO0Zd_jsYdj73jaw
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06 June 2021
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Philippines Food Safety Academy to hold a month of food safety webinars
FoodSHAP, the Food Safety and Hygiene Academy of the Philippines, has organized free Food Safety Webinars for the whole month of June, which are aimed at “consumers at home, in school, and in the tourism and hospitality industry.”
Starting on World Food Safety Day itself, there will be four webinars in total, covering arrange of subjects connected to some of the World Food Safety Day calls to action:
7 June Keep it Safe: Food Business Operators Best Practices to Food Safety
with speakers [...]
06 June 2021
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SSAFE creates a series of posters with FAO for World Food Safety Day
For World Food Safety Day 2021, SSAFE has collaborated with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to develop a series of posters to demonstrate that together, through partnerships, we can do more to deliver safe food. Because food safety is everyone’s business!
The six posters, which you can download for free below, cover the following key topics:
Ensuring food safety throughout the supply chain: the journey of a vanilla bean
Food safety is science-based
Global process standardization drives food safety [...]
06 June 2021
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Regional 2-day webinar for Latin America and the Caribbean hears how “feeding the planet is an opportunity for the whole region”
To open the week leading up to World Food Safety Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the International Regional Organisation for Animal and Plant Health (OIRSA) and the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean (CCLAC) organized a two-day webinar to discuss the impact of food contaminants, traceability systems and best agricultural practices on food safety.
Attendance figures were high [...]
05 June 2021
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Azerbaijan’s World Food Safety Day campaign has expanded
The Food Safety Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (AFSA), together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Azerbaijan, continues its series of promotional events, following its initial awareness-raising initiative in food outlets across the country.
As part of the ongoing efforts, Azerbaijani officials recorded a series of video addresses. AFSA Chairman, Goshgar Tahmazli, recorded a message in which he emphasized the importance of food safety and then handed over to the head of the FAO [...]
05 June 2021
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