This year in the lead up to World Food Safety Day, June 7 2020, the Partnership for Food Safety Education is recognizing the people who keep us fed during the COVID-19 pandemic and every other
Continue Reading Recognizing food safety heroes around the world
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has launched a contest about food safety aimed at those in the Asia Pacific region.
The FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific is calling
Continue Reading FAO launches food safety contest to show youthful perspectives
Food safety has been chosen as the theme of World Accreditation Day in June.
The global annual initiative on June 9, established by the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and International Accreditation Forum (IAF), promotes
Continue Reading Food safety will be theme of World Accreditation Day 2020
While people reading this may not be able to agree whether 2020 is the start of a new decade or end of the last one like many on social media, I am sure we
Continue Reading Coming in 2020: Europe and Asia
This year saw the first World Food Safety Day, a large Listeria outbreak in Spain, and another infant formula Salmonella outbreak.
Below is a selection of some international food safety stories covered in 2019.
Continue Reading A look back on Europe’s 2019 food safety record
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has reminded people to thoroughly cook chicken and follow good hygiene when handling raw poultry to avoid food poisoning at home and at picnics. The agency made the statement ahead of
Continue Reading Scottish and English agencies urge focus on food safety throughout the year
Two thirds of Europeans have changed their consumption behavior as a result of information about a food risk, according to a survey.
A Eurobarometer survey by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), published on the
Continue Reading Most Europeans react to food risk information
Editors note: Frank Yiannas, FDA deputy commissioner for food policy and response, posted this column on the agency’s website on June 7, 2019.
This first World Food Safety Day is a recognition that when it
Continue Reading A day to remember all year
Every minute 44 people fall sick from eating contaminated food, according to the World Health Organization.
More than 23 million become ill and an estimated 4,700 die per year, according to data for the WHO’s
Continue Reading World Health Organization-Europe says foodborne illness figures are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’
The charitable group Food Safety Information Council has released a report card detailing Australia’s food safety record on the inauguration of World Food Safety Day.
On the June 7 milestone, the council reported there are
Continue Reading Australian efforts cited as first World Food Safety Day dawns Down Under
Ireland has launched a food safety information campaign highlighting the collaboration required from farm to fork to protect food safety.
It was unveiled ahead of the inaugural World Food Safety Day, which is June
Continue Reading Ireland launches information campaign in time for first World Food Safety Day
