The School of Food and Agricultural Sciences (SFAS), University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore, Pakistan conducted the seminar on “World Food Safety Day” on 7 June 2022. The Director, SFAS, Dr Nauman Khalid inaugurated the event by addressing the linkage of the event theme “Safer Food, Better Health” with SDG 2, SDG 3, SDG 6, and then concluded with SDG 12. The invited speakers from academia (Dr Muhammad Naeem, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition, University of [...]

On the World Food Safety Day Saudi Airlines Catering Company conducted several workshops on food safety. These workshops cover the importance of food safety, best international practices to maintain food safety and quality and highlighted the WHO five keys to safer food. A video celebrating World Food Safety Day was recorded by company officials and food safety department to show how the company keeps its food safe and food safety part of the company culture. Read more https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cateringsaudia_providing-high-quality-safe-food-activity-6939904479085371393-cpJ-

The Ministry for the Economy, Industry and Commerce of Costa Rica (MEIC) has produced a video to mark World Food Safety Day this year, with the title “From field to table - the different actors in the production chain”. The video features six people talking about why food safety is important to them. Each person represents a different step in the food production chain. Milk producer, Ivannia Quesada says “quality and food safety is present throughout the entire agro-industrial chain, starting with [...]

Sustainable Development Goal 2 is about ending hunger, achieving food security and good nutrition, and supporting sustainable agriculture. The purpose of World Food Safety Day celebrations is to raise people's awareness of food safety issues, show how to prevent disease through food safety, discuss collaborative approaches to improved food safety across sectors, and promote solutions and ways to improve food security. For this purpose, Hasan Polatkan Primary School students in Kayseri province Melikgazi district; Celebrated with the theme of "Safer food, [...]

The Agencia Chilena para la Inocuidad y Calidad Alimentaria (the Agency for the Safety and Quality of Food – ACHIPIA), in conjunction with the regional office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Chile, has organized a webinar under the theme of “Food safety and food heritage”. Guests include Paola Alvarez from Red Hortícola, Hilda Cartagena, Agricultural Producer from the Talagante National Beekeeping Network, Cecilia Pastén a goat cheese producer from the Coquímbo region and Patricia [...]

Traditional food markets are unique environments where millions of people access nutritious foods every day across the globe. These markets account for the largest distribution share of fresh foods in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), foods that are essential for improved nutrition outcomes in the communities they serve. At the same time, the health burden of unsafe food is unequally distributed among countries, with the greatest impacts in LMICs. Deeper understanding of traditional markets is essential for risk management of [...]

Thanking participants for their commitment to safer food and better health, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus opened the 7 June webinar by sharing the news that countries approved the updated WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety. In late May 2022, the World Health Assembly committed “for the first time to concrete targets for reducing foodborne diarrhoea, strengthening surveillance, and improving coordination,” he announced. Also relaying World Food Safety Day greetings via video message at the opening of the online event [...]

On Tuesday, 1 June a multiagency-webinar took place for World Food Safety Day in the Latin America and Caribbean region. The trilingual event explored ways of ensuring “safer food, better health” for all, and looked at some of the food safety challenges across theregion. The webinar was organized and hosted by the International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health (OIRSA) and co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Institute [...]

“Our mission in Codex is to be where the world comes together to create food safety and quality standards that protect everyone everywhere.  Food safety is at the core of our work,” said Codex Chairperson Steve Wearne as celebrations got underway across the globe for World Food Safety Day 2022. One in ten people worldwide fall ill from contaminated food each year and the magnitude of the global public health burden of foodborne disease is comparable to that of malaria, or [...]

Save the Children in Lebanon is inviting people to attend a Facebook live event for World Food Safety Day. The event will involve the organization’s food security and livelihood coordinator, Yara Sleiman, who will discuss food storage and food safety tips for families with children and pregnant and lactating mothers. Date & time: 7 June 13:00 (12:00 CEST) Join the event https://www.facebook.com/events/475321527727971/permalink/475321534394637/