On 7 June, FAO will host a World Food Safety Day event called “Assessing food safety and plant health in 11 countries in Africa: a panel discussion”. Event participants will discuss a project that is providing countries with technical support toward strengthening food control and phytosanitary capacities and governance. The project is led by a team of food safety experts from FAO’s Food Systems and Food Safety Division, with support from the IPPC Secretariat. The event will include two panel [...]

The FAO/WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) will hold a webinar for its Members, to celebrate World Food Safety Day and its theme “Food standards save lives”. The event will highlight the role of Codex standards in the international food trade and their importance in preventing and addressing food safety emergencies. It will also discuss how INFOSAN’s work and effective communication with food safety competent authorities could be further adapted to new challenges for agrifood systems and further developed [...]

The National Codex Committee of Thailand is organizing a hybrid seminar event on the topic of “60 years of Codex and its role in setting international food standards for the future”. The event will be held in Bangkok on 7 June 2023. According to the organizers, this seminar is a great opportunity to mark the Codex 60th anniversary celebrations in connection with the 5th celebration of World Food Safety Day. Contributors to the seminar will discuss safe food practices, key benefits [...]

The fifth annual World Food Safety Day on 7 June will focus on the ways “Food Standards Save Lives”— governments and the food industry use food safety strategies, standards, and regulations to guide food safety legislation and ensure best practices. Raising awareness of and promoting the adoption and enforcement of food safety standards requires government agencies to collaborate closely. Join this upcoming webinar, hosted on behalf of the United States of America Government Global Nutrition Coordination Plan Food Safety Subgroup, on [...]

Mexico’s National Service of Agrifood Health, Safety and Quality (SENASICA), a decentralized administrative body of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico, is pleased to announce that the General Directorate of Agrifood, Aquaculture and Fisheries Safety will hold the round table "5 calls for action on food safety" with representatives of the government, producers, processors, consumers and international bodies. The event will promote the presentation of perspectives from each sector, as well as the discussion and identification of [...]

To celebrate "World Food Safety Day" Ainia, a Spanish food safety training organization, will take a comparative look at Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and Preventive Controls, with a focus on food safety in different areas of the world, for example, the European Union and the United States of America. The event will present the main food regulations and their importance in food safety, compare different food safety management systems and the benefits of their application and explain the [...]

In Grenada, the National Codex Contact Point (NCCP) has organized World Food Safety Day activities, which include the delivery of the World Food Safety Day message by the Minister of Agriculture, which will be aired on national television, and a video of the World Food Safety Day message, which will be delivered by the Director of the Bureau of Standards (NCCP) and placed on social media platforms. In addition, ‘Five Keys to Safer Food’ posters will be distributed and displayed at [...]

Alcobaça City Council in Portugal will mark World Food Safety Day by holding information sessions and a game about the five keys to safer food in two primary schools, with children from 6 to 10 years old. The events will take place on the morning of 7 June and will teach the children about good food handling practices and why they are important. The event is entitled "five keys that save lives" and will be conducted by engineer Ana Pereira and [...]

FAO Representation in Armenia is organizing a conference to mark World Food Safety Day in Yerevan. The event will be organized in partnership with the Ministry of Economy of Armenia and the Strategic Development Agency NGO. Under the theme "Food Standards Save Lives," the event will highlight the critical role of food standards in ensuring public health and promoting safe trade practices. As we also mark the 60th anniversary of the Codex Alimentarius Commission this year, a special reference will [...]

The Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco University in Mexico will hold its first ever Food Safety Forum on World Food Safety Day. The objective of the event is to “contribute to sanitary quality in the production and conservation of food”, through conferences in the Academic Division of Agricultural Sciences of the University. Subjects to be covered include sanitary surveillance in meat processing, graduate experiences in Business Process Management (BPM) in the meat industry, and foodborne diseases. There will also be an exhibition [...]