At the 75th Session of the World Health Assembly, Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the new WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety 2022–2030.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently held its third annual Health Talks on Food Safety in honor of World Food Safety Day, which explored how industry and regulators can achieve “safer food, better health” by influencing consumer behavior, intentionally structuring food safety systems, and improving the supply chain.

China recently released a timeline and benchmarks for its National Strategy for Food Safety, and the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment published a paper that examines China’s concept of food safety and identifies future work areas.

The theme of World Food Safety Day 2022 is “safer food, better health.” Worldwide organizations explain why and how the global community should prioritize ensuring the safety of food.

The Codex Alimentarius Committee has drafted a new guidance for the management of microbiological foodborne illness outbreaks at the recent Committee on Food Hygiene meeting.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is inviting the food safety community to submit data on methylmercury and total mercury in orange roughy, pink cusk-eel, and toothfish. 

Regional World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States (FAO) offices in Asia, the Americas, and Africa recently discussed their work on food safety.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) hosted a webinar about the role of science in keeping food safe.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a handbook, intended for use at the national level, for countries to measure their foodborne diseases burden.

World Food Safety Day, which is always celebrated on June 7, was started by the United Nations General Assembly, and jointly facilitated by the World Health Organization (WHO).