In celebration of World Food Safety Day, on June 7, 2023 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partner organizations will be holding four virtual events discussing different aspects of food safety and promoting new resources. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have released a report summarizing a meeting on precautionary allergen labeling (PAL) that will support the Codex Committee on Food Labeling (CCFL) in the development of guidance on the use of PAL. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently published a report that explores the contribution of foods sourced from terrestrial animals on human health, including relevant food safety aspects.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released a report on the food safety considerations for regulating foods foods derived from gene editing (also known as “genome editing”) to help national authorities develop and implement policies and regulatory criteria for food products derived from gene editing.

The first global report on the food safety aspects of cell-based foods has been published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The report is intended to provide a solid scientific basis to begin establishing regulatory frameworks and effective systems to ensure the safety of cell-based foods.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has announced its new roster of experts for the Joint FAO/World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) for the 2023-2027 period.

To leverage scientific knowledge for action on food allergens, Scientific Advice Program teams from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) collaborated with the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL) to host a webinar discussing the outcomes of food allergen expert consultations.

In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we talk with Keya Mukherjee, Ph.D., Food Safety Specialist at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and Vittorio Fattori, Ph.D., Food Safety Officer at FAO, about the most pressing food safety issues the world is facing at present and will face in the near future. We also discuss how industry can mitigate some of these growing risks while the international community works to address the root causes of climate change and other challenges.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has revealed its strategic food safety priorities for 2022–2031, which have the goal of ensuring “safe food for all people at all times.”

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) have published a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) report on the safety and quality of water used in the production and processing of fish and fishery products.