A major highlight of the event was the launch of UNIDO’s new Food Safety Approach 2.0, which integrates the most recent best practices and international standards to support Member States in the modernization of their national food control systems.
At present, food safety systems face many hurdles. The Vienna Food Safety Forum 2025 provides a platform to showcase how new digital solutions efforts can improve food safety surveillance systems and quality assurance practices by deploying technological innovation and collaborative platforms.
The vTPA approach is valuable at a time when public interest in safer food is increasing, but competent authorities struggle to obtain more resources from governments
This article sheds light on some critical components of successful voluntary third-party assurance (vTPA) program implementation, particularly from an accreditation and certification service perspective. It discusses the role of accreditation and certification services and the prerequisites for successfully implementing the vTPA approach with the aim of supporting competent authorities in this process.
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry will host the hybrid Vienna Food Safety Forum on October 3–5, 2022.
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Foundation FSSC have formed a strategic partnership to promote food safety in low- and middle-income countries.
As part of a project funded by the European Union, 30 people in Guinea-Bissau have received food safety training from a program that is implemented by the United Nations' Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).