Staff and students of the master’s course in chemical sciences at the Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí in Panama have organized a ‘cycle of conferences’ for World Food Safety Day under the theme of “safer food, better health”. The aim is “to address issues of food safety and sovereignty, food safety and the SDGs, food safety and health research and industrial innovation and agribusiness”. The event will emphasize work done on food safety in the chemistry department of the Faculty of Natural [...]

A march has been organized for World Food Safety Day at the Universidad Deltaica Territorial "Francisco Tamayo" in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The march will follow a pre-determined course around local streets, during which food safety awareness posters will be distributed. There will also be a ‘radio space’, provided by the Okey 104.9 FM station in the town of Tucupita, in order to generate awareness about issues related to food safety and invite the Delta Amacuro community to make efforts to [...]

The Government of Guatemala has organized an online conference to discuss “safer food, better health” on 7 June, World Food Safety Day. The event is co-organized by the International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health (OIRSA), the National Codex Committee in Guatemala and the Government of Guatemala’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, with the support of Gremial de Alimentos y Bebidas de Guatemala (GREMAB – theFood and Beverage Guild of Guatemala), the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and the Ministry of [...]

The Department of Food Technology of the Indira Gandhi College of Arts and Sciences is organizing two World Food Safety Day events this year, because of the need to “create awareness among the people and to develop their way of thinking towards food safety”. Both events will take place on 7 June. The first event will be a 10-minute “Street Act” performed by the food technology students on the college’s Kerala campus at 11:00 local time, followed by a ‘debate programme’ [...]

Offices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Pakistan, in collaboration with government of Pakistan, are celebrating World Food Safety Day on 7 June 2022. A technical discussion has been organized with national and provincial stakeholders to share information about the food safety work being done in the country, and to discuss gaps and opportunities in a preview of the National Food Safety / Food Control System Assessment that has [...]

The Federal University of São Paulo (Universidade Federal de São Paulo) “Risk and Resilience in food safety” research group (Grupo de Estudos em Risco e Resiliência em Segurança dos Alimentos, GERRSAL) is planning a webinar to celebrate World Food Safety Day under the theme of the year, “Safer food, better health”. The event, which will take place on 7 June, will see undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and food safety professionals in the audience. The line-up of speakers includes Elke Stedefeldt, Laís Mariano [...]

The Tenerife Quality Observatory has issued an invitation to its conference commemorating World Food Safety Day, which is organized in collaboration with the University of La Laguna and Dinosol Supermarkets. Its purpose is to raise awareness about the importance of food safety as a shared responsibility for everyone to guarantee safe and sustainable food. The Conference is aimed at professionals from food companies, consumer technicians, consumer associations, professionals from the commercial and retail sectors and consumers in general. The event will be [...]

INFOSAN Secretariat is organizing a webinar ‘Improving emergency response in global food safety’ on 7 June at 12:00 CEST. The session will be moderated by Dr Jorgen Schlundt, member of the INFOSAN Advisory Group. The panel discussion with Ms Jenny Bishop, Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand, and Dr Fadi Naser Al-Natour, Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority, will focus on the global efforts that are in place at the international level to assist countries to respond to international food [...]

In the run-up to World Food Safety Day on 7th June, an NGO in Guinea Conakry, Nutrition pour Tous (Nutrition for All) plans to carry out a study on the state of food safety within the capital city, Conakry. The report resulting from this study will be the subject of a 7 June conference to which decision-makers from the health sector, trade and agriculture, as well as representatives from NGOs and international organizations will be invited. "In effect, this important day [...]

University of the Witwatersrand Services Department will be celebrating World Food Safety Day awareness for five days, from 6 to 10 June 2022. Activities will include food safety information stalls to be stationed at all campuses scheduled for 6, 8, 9 and 10 June, where activities such as food safety quizzes and information sessions will be held targeting ‘Wits’ students and staff. On 7 June 2022, the University will be hosting World Food Safety Day workshop targeting retail outlets, dining hall [...]