In China, food is clearly a top priority – and food safety is seen as fundamental to the country, and to people’s livelihoods and wellbeing. As such, a series of activities were designed by authorities in China to promote public understanding of relevant issues, in recognition of both World Food Day in October 2021 and World Food Safety Day, which was celebrated on 7 June. At Tianjin University of Science and [...]

今年至少有90个国家举办了300多场活动来庆祝世界食品安全日。一份24页的报告记录了政府当局、食品链参与者、消费者、学术界和其他方努力促进食品安全的活动，这些活动提供了丰富的信息，体现了创造性和包容性。这份报告以联合国所有六种官方语言提供，于9月7日在由食典委推特账户@FAOWHOCodex发起的24小时“食品安全专题推文”期间发布。 每小时发布的专题推文摘要展示了构成《2021年世界食品安全》活动的众多视频、照片、比赛、网络研讨会和其他活动，以及有关食品安全的“常青信息”。 上述报告简要介绍了2021年世界食品安全日，其中包括一系列活动和相关媒体报道、在社交媒体上产生的影响力以及关于世界食品安全日重要性的论述。这次活动的口号“食品安全，人人有责”和今年的主题“保障食品安全，构筑健康未来”激发了在线讨论、讲座、视频、讲习班、员工培训、学校课程和竞赛。 在世界食品安全日的第三年庆祝活动中，特别令人瞩目的是信息的传达非常富有创意。除了为比赛制作的海报和照片之外，社交媒体平台还发布了无数GIF图片、动画和图像。这些努力最终惠及了亿万在线用户 — #WorldFoodSafetyDay标签的曝光量高达3.112亿次。 报告的最后一篇文章提醒读者，世界食品安全日旨在推动全年努力，以促进和确保所有人的食品安全。 世界食品安全日由联合国粮食及农业组织（FAO）和世界卫生组织（WHO）在食典委秘书处和国际食品安全当局网络（INFOSAN）秘书处的支持下共同主办。   用以下语言阅读报告文本：阿拉伯语、中文、英文、法语、俄语、西班牙语

A 24-hour ‘Tweet-a-thon for food safety’ will be held on 7 September, during which the report documenting World Food Safety Day 2021 in all six official UN languages will be launched.  Follow the Codex Twitter account, @FAOWHOCodex, for this virtual conversation starting at midnight (00:00 CET on 7 September 2021). Webinars, videos, attention-grabbing GIFs and artistic images created by international organizations, governments, businesses, non-governmental organizations and individuals involved and inspired millions of [...]

In 2021, Armenia’s Food Safety Inspection Body (FSIB) initiated two World Food Safety Day events: A webinar on 4 June that focused on national food safety issues and, a conference on 7-8 June in Aghveran with financial support of the Strategic Development Agency in collaboration with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in Armenia (SDC). The virtual event included a presentation from Mary Kenny, FAO’s food safety and consumer protection [...]

The Ministry of Public Health of Qatar marked World Food Safety Day, which falls on 7 June, under the theme “Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow", and slogan "Food Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility." On this occasion, the Ministry organized a number of activities and events, including: Virtual Workshops Three workshops targeting family-run businesses over three days on: Introduction to Food Safety -Types of food contamination and sources Types of bacteria and where they’re found [...]

The Afrotropic Cocoa Processing company based in Accra, Ghana, exports its cocoa products to many countries in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Here, as for every other food outlet, food safety is of paramount importance and the company held a food safety quiz to celebrate World Food Safety Day this year and to remind employees of their food safety responsibilities. Prizes were awarded to the teams that came 1st, 2nd and [...]

The Jollibee Foods Corp. (Jollibee Group) organized a series of insightful activities centered around the “5 Calls to Action of World Food Safety Day” from June 1-10, 2021. Representatives from different regions, including restaurant managers, operation and support teams, and top executives participated in the activities, which were designed to help build capacities and highlight the importance of food safety throughout the organization. Under the theme “Ensure it’s Safe”, SGS Global [...]

As part of the global commemorations, METRO Pakistan celebrated World Food Safety Day, under this year’s theme, ‘Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow’, at its stores all over the country by building awareness on food safety through internal and external communication, organizing compliance  competition in store and an awareness session on food safety and hygiene protocols for staff. On World Food Safety Day, METRO Pakistan arranged several activities focusing food [...]

For World Food Safety Day 2021, Chile’s Agency for Food Safety and Quality (ACHIPIA) organized three events aimed at three very specific demographic groups: women, the elderly and children. On 7 June, Chile’s Minister of Agriculture, María Emilia Undurraga; the FAO representative in Chile, Eve Crowley; and the Executive Secretary of ACHIPIA, Nuri Gras, opened ACHIPIA’s World Food Safety Day celebrations with introductions to the first webinar, which was entitled “Mujeres [...]

by Tom Heilandt Codex Secretary Like so many, I have now spent more than a year teleworking away from my office in Rome. Conversely, my meeting attendance has probably never been so high which has some benefits.  I have been able to advocate for and witness first hand so much more of our work but I have also been suffering from days overbooked by virtual meetings and the absence of “real” meetings. In [...]