Supporting the work to produce new global foodborne disease burden estimates, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated the proportions of disease attributable to foodborne transmission, other major pathways, and food categories for 29 viral, bacterial, parasitic, and chemical hazards.
The full WHO global foodborne disease burden estimates for 2026 are going to be released on June 4, ahead of World Food Safety Day (WFSD) on Sunday, June 7. (In celebration of WFSD, Food Safety Magazine will publish a special episode of the Food Safety Matters podcast with Elaine Borghi, Ph.D., Head of WHO’s Monitoring and Surveillance Nutrition and Food Safety Unit, about the forthcoming foodborne disease burden estimates, in all major podcast players on June 7).