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On 7 June 2021, the United Nations will mark the third global World Food Safety Day, led by two of its specialized agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), together with the Codex Alimentarius
Secretariat.
FAO and WHO are supporting their Members in efforts to provide enough safe food for all and to enable the population’s trust in the safety of the food to protect their health. Events such as World Food Safety
Day help raise awareness on the work of the food safety community and the critical role they play.
On Monday, 7 June, FAO and WHO will hold a virtual celebration including video messages from
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The event will include an interactive session in which the Chief Scientists of FAO (Ismahane Elouafi) and WHO (Soumya Swaminathan) discuss the ways science is helping to innovate and keep our food safe along the food supply chain and delve into this year’s
theme for World Food Safety Day, which is ‘Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow’. The conversation will focus on how food safety is vital for people, plants, planet, economies – and our future.
Food safety is a shared responsibility, and everyone has a role to play including governments, industry, producers, business operators and consumers. This is reflected in the slogan of the day:
‘Food safety is everyone’s business’.
To follow the event, please register here. The event will also be webcast live
here.
The current global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized more than ever before the importance of monitoring and addressing food safety. It has also highlighted the need for food safety systems to be adapted to respond to disruptions in supply
chains and ensure continued access to safe food.
World Food Day 2021 is dedicated to all those who have ensured that the crisis has not interrupted supply chains and that safe food remains available, contributing to the consumption of safe and healthy diets.
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