Journée internationale de la sécurité sanitaire des aliments: actualités
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World Food Safety Day events in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to promote good health and nutrition
The NGO Je Mange Santé in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is planning a series of World Food Safety Day events over a 2-week period starting on 27 May. The organization is aiming to promote food standards and food safety for and within families that experience different forms of malnutrition and food-related diseases.
Between Saturday 27 May and 3 June, in the city of Goma interviews will be carried out with people involved in food safety. These will go towards [...]
27 May 2023
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New food safety information leaflets now available in run-up to World Food Safety Day
Four new 2-page leaflets have been published by FAO and WHO as part of the campaign for World Food Safety Day.
The leaflets are aimed at producers in the aquaculture, dairy, fisheries and horticulture sectors and provide advice on best practices for ensuring the production of safe food. Links are provided in the leaflets to FAO and WHO publications that give more in-depth expert and scientific information on good practices in each sector.
The leaflets also offer tips on how to promote [...]
26 May 2023
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Korea Food Safety Day: New regulatory science programme in universities
As part of the Korea Food Safety Day campaign, the Food Regulatory Science Symposium was held on 10 May 2023 in Seoul, the Republic of Korea. The event, organized by the Korea Regulatory Science Research Center, highlighted the successful establishment of the new food regulatory science programme in universities and showcased its accomplishments. To foster human resources in the food bio-health area, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety initiated the food regulatory science support programme in 2021. Currently, three [...]
17 May 2023
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Egypt’s New Assiut Technological University plans World Food Safety Day lectures
The Faculty of Food Industry Technology at the New Assiut Technological University in Assiut, Egypt will celebrate World Food Safety Day. The day includes opening and closing ceremonies and two sessions by Dr Gamal El-Sayed and Dr Ahmed El-Mesallamy, lecturers in food science and technology and food safety experts, who will carry out a commemorative day for students of the Faculty of Food Industry Technology.
The first session is a 60-minute lecture that will introduce World Food Safety Day, discussing the 2023 [...]
12 May 2023
Japan’s Food Safety Management Association starts World Food Safety Day activities
On 9 May, Masanori Kotani, Vice President/Secretary General of Japan’s Food Safety Management Association (JFSM) delivered a lecture on food safety and the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) “5 keys to safer food” and “2023 theme and slogan of World Food Safety Day” to second- and third-year students at Hokkaido Shizunai Agricultural High School.
Following the last year’s lecture, the session included quizzes, which helped make the food safety lessons more fun and attractive for the students. In addition, the third-year students [...]
11 May 2023
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Preparations are underway for the 22nd Korean Food Safety Day
To raise awareness of the importance of ensuring food safety, Korea is getting ready for the 22nd Korean Food Safety Day. The celebration events will be held on 12 May 2023 in Seoul, ahead of the official day, which falls on a Sunday, on 14 May 2023, and World Food Safety Day on 7 June 2023. The slogan for this year is ’Together for food safety, healthy South Korea’.
On that day Korea will announce the winners of the food safety [...]
05 May 2023
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World Food Safety Day guide now available in Korean
A Korean language version of the World Food Safety Day guide has now been added to those already available in all six official UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish). The guide, which was translated by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of the Republic of Korea, has been published with over a month to go before World Food Safety Day on 7 June and ahead of the 22nd annual Food Safety Week in the Republic of [...]
05 May 2023
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World Food Safety Day event in Peru: What is your role in Food Safety?
As the World Food Safety Day theme states: "Food standards saves lives. It is not only crucial for food security, but also plays a key role in reducing foodborne diseases".
Our role is to take active action at every stage of the food chain in our homes, schools, universities, jobs, as consumers and in other phases where we participate.
That is why, in view of the "World Food Safety Day" 2023, to be held on June 7, I made a commitment to [...]
27 April 2023
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WHO Food Safety Community of Practice meets to plan for World Food Safety Day
On 14 April, 13:00 - 14:00 CET, WHO Food Safety Community of Practice is organizing a planning briefing to introduce the resources developed by FAO and WHO for the celebration of the fifth World Food Safety Day in 2023.
The planning meeting will explore ideas on how to take part in World Food Safety Day, members will learn more about this year’s theme, Food standards save lives, and have an opportunity to ask questions and share their plans for the celebrations [...]
14 April 2023
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World Food Safety Day 2023 will highlight food standards
The World Food Safety Day 2023 campaign has started today, with the theme “Food standards save lives”. The theme coincides with the 60th anniversary of Codex Alimentarius this year and encourages food safety advocates around the world to focus on the importance of applying standards in every aspect of food production - from the source to the table.
The launch saw the publication of this year’s guide in all six UN languages, which provides information on the theme and Codex Alimentarius, [...]
06 March 2023