WHO is focusing on food safety for the third cycle of Health Talks from June 7 to 9, organized on the periphery of the World Food Safety Day. The dialogues are spread across three days and 11 sessions, with nearly 50 experts from around the world discussing current and emerging topics in food safety. The aim of Health Talks is to increase awareness and encourage a variety of stakeholders to debate and discuss an array of topics on health and [...]

Due to the importance of World Food Safety Day, the Food Safety Commission of Japan (FSC) will participate in this year’s celebrations by implementing the following initiatives to raise awareness of food safety among people of all ages, and to encourage them to take action to reduce the risk of foodborne illness. Initiatives of the Food Safety Committee: 1.  Circulation of a video message from the Chairperson of the Food Safety Commission, Shigeki Yamamoto, calling for participation in World Food Safety Day [...]

For the fourth consecutive year, Veraliment is organizing a meeting for professionals in the food sector for World Food Safety Day 2022. Under the slogan "To protect lives", Veraliment will focus on those organizations and professionals who “put their effort and dedication into helping and protecting lives”. “This,” says Veraliment’s CEO, Andrés García, is “also Food Safety Culture, and is aligned with the values of protection, awareness and well-being that are promoted from the food sector to all links in the food [...]

Costa Rica’s National Learning Institute (INA) will hold a World Food Safety Day virtual event on 7 June with two guest speakers. Esteban Murillo Viera, from INA’s Food Industry hub, will speak on "The National Learning Institute and its commitment to food safety in Costa Rica" and then Viviana Ramos Rodriguez, Director of the National Center for Poison Control, will speak about “General food poisoning trends in Costa Rica, according to reports from the National Center for Poison Control". Date & time: [...]

The Matanzas territorial standardization offices in Cuba are holding a talent competition to engage young people for World Food Safety Day. Anyone from Matanzas between the ages of 10 and 17 is invited to consider the theme of “health with safety” and to submit photographs, drawings, posters, poetry or audio-visual products that promote actions for safe, healthy eating and good hygiene practices in the community. Judges will be looking for creativity, relevance to the theme of the contest, the message being put [...]

The School of Food and Agricultural Sciences of the University of Management and Technology, based in Lahore, Pakistan, is to hold an “informative seminar” for World Food Safety Day. The 7 June event “will draw attention and mobilize action to prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks and improve human health.” This in-person event will be held at the Saleem Nasghar Hall on the Lahore campus of the university, with guest speaker Aamir Shahzad, Manager of the Food Division at Resource Inspections Canada [...]

A “virtual run” is being organized by the Maldives Food and Drug Authority, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) office in the Maldives to “draw attention & mobilize action to prevent, detect & manage foodborne risks & improve human health”. Participants are invited to sign up to one of three categories: a 5 000 km walk, a 5 000 km run and a 10 000 km run.  Date & time:  7 June 12:00 (09:00 CET)  21 June 12:00 (09:00 CET) [...]

A team of Food Professionals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has planned World Food Safety Day related symposium in the three cities, Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam. This event will be the first of its kind in the Kingdom and attracting food professional from the industry, academia and local regulatory bodies. The event will be free of cost to enrol and attend. The symposia will start at 0900 hours and finish at 1600 hours as it is a full day event. There will be [...]

Italy’s Scientific Society for Evidence on Environment, Food and Workplace Safety (UNPISI ATS) is organizing a World Food Safety Day webinar on the subject of “Mushrooms: food safety and supplements”. The event aims to raise awareness about the importance of food safety to everyone. Edible mushrooms can be a source of carbohydrates, proteins, minerals and vitamins, including calcium, iron, manganese, selenium, B vitamins and folates. And in recent years, research has shown that some fungal species have other beneficial properties: since [...]

The Barcelona Food Safety Forum (Barcelona Seguridad Alimentaria - BSA) will celebrate World Food Safety Day this year in a morning of presentations and round table discussions at the Barcelona School of Management in Barcelona on 7 June. The event will concentrate on issues of alternative sources of protein with a talk from Massimo Castellari, a researcher from the Government of Catalunya’s Agri-Food Research and Technology Institute (IRTA) on the “present and future of sustainable protein production”. A series of round [...]