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Events on the World Food Safety Day

If you are planning an event for World Food Safety Day and want to appear here in the events list, email [email protected] including: the name of the event; the date and local time; a brief description; a poster or other publicity and a web link to find out more.

Ecuador webinar to host national and international experts

07 June 2021
- Ecuador
The Agency for the Regulation and Control of Phytosanitary and Animal Health (AGROCALIDAD) in Ecuador is running a competition and hosting a webinar for World Food Safety Day, under the themes of “food safety is everyone’s business” and “safe food now for a healthy tomorrow.” The event will have two parts to it, with Rommel Betancourt, AGROCALIDAD’s food safety coordinator opening the proceedings with a word about World Food Safety Day. Thereafter, [...]

The Government of Panama will host a World Food Safety Day webinar to inspire action on food safety

07 June 2021
- Panama
The Government of Panama is planning to inspire action on food safety this World Food Safety Day, with a webinar titled “Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow.” The 7 June event will address issues related to good food handling and, with presentations from Costa Rica and Colombia, discussion will also explore international challenges in food safety, as well as national, regional and international policies in favour of safe and nutritious [...]

Chile plans three-pronged approach for World Food Safety Day

07 June 2021
- Chile
Chile’s agency for food safety and quality (ACHIPIA) is planning to celebrate World Food Safety Day 2021 with a creative approach aimed at: raising public awareness about food safety educating on disease prevention through food safety discussing collaborative approaches to food safety in all sectors promoting solutions and ways of improving food safety. The 2021 celebrations will be targeting three sections of the population in different ways and on three separate days. A ‘women’s’ webinar [...]

World Food Safety Day workshop to address food safety and health issues in the Kyrgyz Republic

07 June 2021
- Kyrgyz Republic
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) office in the Kyrgyz Republic in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Development is organizing a World Food Safety Day workshop aimed at a range of stakeholders, including food producers and food businesses, trade networks, regional divisions of the Department of Disease Prevention and State Sanitary & Epidemiological Surveillance and medical practitioners. The 30-person workshop will be a part of FAO’s [...]

Morocco faculty to host World Food Safety Day conference

07 June 2021
- Morocco
To mark World Food Safety Day, the Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Tanger will hold a physical conference under the theme of “Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow.” The 7 June event will consist of three subject areas: “Ionization technology for the development of Moroccan agriculture” from Dr Said Zantar of the Tangier National Institute of Agronomic Research “Food safety: towards anti-microbial and biodegradable packaging” from Professor Mounir Hassani Zerrouk, of [...]

Food safety authority in Cabo Verde to hold a live discussion for World Food Safety Day

07 June 2021
- Cabo Verde
In Cape Verde, the Independent Regulatory Authority for Health (Entidade Reguladora Independente da Saúde), ERIS, has joined the celebration of World Food Safety Day with an online event under the theme of the year "Safe Food Now for a Healthy Tomorrow. In this context, the Independent Regulatory Authority for Health plans to launch the "Manual of Good Hygiene Practices for Food Establishments".   The opening address will be given by Dr. Eduardo Tavares, Chairman of the Board [...]

Food Safety in the Context of Sustainable Food Systems in Europe and Central Asia

07 June 2021
- Europe and Central Asia region
In celebration of the 7 June World Food Safety Day, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and WHO Regional Office for Europe held a joint event this morning to discuss food safety in the context of sustainable food systems and actions needed to address food safety issues in the interface of humans, animals and environment. The event was attended by 216 participants and was available in English and [...]

Ecuador destaca la importancia de la inocuidad de los alimentos para un mañana saludable

07 June 2021
- Ecuador
La Agencia de Regulación y Control Fito y Zoosanitario – AGROCALIDAD, como Autoridad Nacional Sanitaria, Fitosanitaria y de Inocuidad de los Alimentos en Ecuador, organizo el evento virtual denominado “Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos”, a fin de generar una conciencia clara en la población ecuatoriana sobre la importancia de la producción y consumo de alimentos inocuos. El evento protocolar conto con la intervención de las siguientes autoridades; Rommel Betancourt, [...]

Senac University Center in Brazil will host two webinars on food safety management

07 June 2021
- Brazil
Senac University Center is planning to hold two webinars to celebrate World Food Safety Day and highlight food safety management practices. The events, which will take place on June 7 and June 9, will be in Portuguese and invite the audience of students, researchers, and food safety professionals to participate. Moderated by Dr Laís Mariano Zanin, a nutritionist, the first event will focus on water and school feeding in the context [...]

YPARD Nepal celebrates World Food Safety Day with a photo contest

07 June 2021
- Nepal
Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD), Nepal announced an online “World Food Safety Photo Contest 2021" with the global theme "Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow". The contest will run from June 7, 2021, to July 7, 2021, where the winner of the photo contest will be announced. The aim of the contest is to draw the youth’s attention to the current food safety scenario and come up with a better [...]