The World Food Safety Day call this year to “prepare for the unexpected” was taken up by food safety advocates the world over, in an indication that the Day continues to inspire action on food safety. For six years, the World Food Safety Day campaign has reinforced the message that “food safety is everyone’s business” and the hundreds of events organized on or around the 7 June observance this year [...]

As part of Mongolia’s World Food Safety Day activities, the National Forum on Standards and Food Safety was organized by the National Reference Laboratory for Food Safety (NRLFS) in Ulaanbaatar on 4 June 2024. The event was supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Mongolia (including the FAO-implemented Action to support implementation of Codex AMR Texts (ACT) project) and the World Health Organization (WHO) [...]

Cairo, Egypt - The Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality, led by Dr Khaled Saufy, convened the Third Egyptian Food Standards Codex Committee meeting this year. The gathering coincided with the global observance of World Food Safety Day, which was celebrated under the theme "Food safety: prepare for the unexpected". The meeting was also attended by Mr Khalid Al-Zahrani, the Regional Coordinator for the Near East Countries under the Codex Alimentarius. [...]

In Nepal, World Food Safety Day activities were organized as part of the Action to support implementation of Codex AMR Texts (ACT) project. As part of the project’s aims to increase awareness about the dangers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) the World Food Safety Day activities included raising the awareness of the general public and also of a number of college students. These activities supported the national celebrations led by the Department [...]

El Ministerio de Salud de Perú - MINSA, a través de la Dirección General de Salud Ambiental e Inocuidad Alimentaria – DIGESA; en conjunto con el Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario y Riego, a través del Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria del Perú – SENASA; y, el Ministerio de la Producción, a través del Organismo Nacional de Sanidad Pesquera – SANIPES; organizaron en el mes de junio una “Jornada educativa por [...]

This year, the Food Safety and Quality Center (FSQC) in the Sultanate of Oman celebrated World Food Safety Day and also organized a “Food Safety Week 2024” under the theme of “Food Risk Assessment: Partnership - Awareness - Commitment” in the period from 28 April to 4 May. This annual World Food Safety Day event aims to raise awareness and increase knowledge among society regarding food safety and quality and public [...]

Food Safety Matters, a podcast for food safety professionals hosted by Food Safety Magazine, hosted an episode on improving food safety in traditional markets on 25 June, 2024. The podcast guests, Caroline Smith DeWaal, Senior Manager at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), and Richard Pluke,the Food Safety Lead and Chief of Party for GAIN's EatSafe programme described the work to improve food safety in traditional markets, while also [...]

The United States of America Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Kitchen Sink: A Food Loss and Waste Podcast celebrated World Food Safety Day this year with a special episode on food safety. The host and producer, Nika Larian, USAID Senior Nutrition Advisor for Food Safety, was joined by three experts, Richard Pluke, the Food Safety Lead and Chief of Party for the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) EatSafe project; Roberta [...]

In Japan, on the occasion of World Food Safety Day, Zensho Holdings, a restaurant chains company, hosted a recall training seminar to share the actions during unexpected events, and created a video to raise awareness about World Food Safety Day within the company, reaching more than 2 500 employees. First, a lecture in the recall training seminar was given on the purpose and significance of recalls to participants in charge of [...]

Para celebrar el Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos de este año, el Codex ha publicado un “estudio de casos” que muestra la manera en que un país utilizó los textos del Codex para resolver un brote de una enfermedad transmitida por los alimentos. En consonancia con el tema del Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos de este año: "Inocuidad de los alimentos: preparémonos para lo imprevisto", [...]