The World Health Organization (WHO) has set out a plan that it hopes will help reduce the burden of foodborne disease.
WHO officially launched its food safety strategy for 2022 to 2030 this week and pledged support for countries to implement it. The agency was asked to update a 2002
Continue Reading WHO unveils food safety strategy and promises to support take-up
Officials from Europe and Africa have given their thoughts on a recently adopted international food safety plan that has set targets to reduce foodborne disease.
In a health talk on June 8, Sandra Gallina, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety at the EU Commission, and Amare Ayalew, of the
Continue Reading Panel debates WHO’s food safety strategy
The implementation of a new global food safety strategy will be a challenge, according to a member of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on Food Safety.
Yongning Wu, from the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, said countries are at different stages with their national
Continue Reading National action needed to implement food safety strategy
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published two reports from meetings of a group working on its revised food safety strategy.
WHO’s food safety strategy for 2022 to 2030 will be taken up by the 75th World Health Assembly in May. The FAO will also present an updated food safety
Continue Reading WHO reports show food safety strategy progress
A project in China has found the country improved its food safety control system from 2009 to 2019 and food did become safer.
China launched the food safety indicator pilot project in 2019, a decade after the food safety law came into force, to assess its effectiveness.
During a kick-off
Continue Reading China evaluates food safety law; FAO reports on food safety in Africa
A coalition dedicated to food safety has been unveiled at a session of the United Nations Food Systems pre-Summit.
The summit, planned for September, has five action tracks with the first one about ensuring access to safe and nutritious food for all. The pre-summit took place across three days at
Continue Reading Coalition to focus on food safety at UN Food Systems Summit
A pilot project has backed up the potential to use food safety indicators to strengthen national control systems but found results are not comparable between countries.
Several countries in Asia Pacific asked the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to provide guidance on the development of food
Continue Reading FAO helps countries measure progress with food safety indicators, mitigation
