Food Safety Magazine features an FAO article on World Food Safety Day

The Food Safety Magazine has published an article penned by Corinna Hawkes, Director of the Food Systems and Food Safety Division. The piece, entitled, Sound science is the foundation of food standards that save lives, is a nod to the theme for this year’s World Food Safety Day, Food standards save lives.

The article speaks about the importance of World Food Safety Day, describes how such a day came into being and the vital role that FAO plays in maintaining food safety across the global agrifood systems. In keeping with this year’s World Food Safety Day theme, the piece elaborates on how sound science and strong collaboration drive the development of food standards, the challenges around their implementation and the need to keep standards relevant by staying at par with scientific advances.

The Food Safety Magazine article can be found here

Read about this year’s World Food Safety Day and the various global events planned here

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