The Eighteenth Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF18) will take place 23–27 June 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. We spoke to Sally Hoffer, from the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, who will chair CCCF18 on behalf of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, to find out more about the agenda of the Committee, its highlights and her expectations for this session. Sally, thank you once again for your time. This is going to be the fifth time [...]

As part of World Food Safety Day, celebrated on 7 June 2025, Agro Food Industrie (AFI), a subsidiary of the SONOCO group based in Guinea, shares its participation in this global event. Through a series of awareness-raising, training, and internal communication activities, the team mobilized around the 2025 theme to strengthen the food quality and safety culture, in accordance with the ISO 9001:2015 and FSSC 22000 V5.1 standards, which the company recently obtained. These actions were carried out with the aim of:  Promoting [...]

In celebration of World Food Safety Day, Cuba carried out the following activities: On 3 June, the National Codex Alimentarius Workshop was held in Havana, Cuba, with the participation of more than 80 experts, specialists, operators, technicians, and managers from the food chain, health authorities, and other stakeholders. The workshop was organized by the Cuban Codex Focal Point. On 5 June, an exchange workshop was held by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment and the Ministry of Food Industry with [...]

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic is reinforcing its commitment to food safety with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and the Codex Trust Fund (CTF). A high-level advocacy meeting and a Codex orientation workshop were held in Vientiane, Lao PDR from 20 to 22 May 2025, organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Food and Drug Department. The events aimed to raise awareness among [...]

As an initial and strategic step to reinforce the national Codex programme in Cambodia — especially following the restructuring of competent authorities responsible for Codex — a High-Level Advocacy Meeting and a Codex Orientation Workshop were held in Phnom Penh from 27 to 29 May 2025 with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and the Codex Trust Fund. These events were organized in collaboration with the [...]

In the framework of World Food Safety Day 2025, the National Codex Alimentarius Committee (CNCA) led a discussion n 10 June that brought together various public and academic institutions, with the aim of promoting knowledge and a culture of food safety in Ecuador. This event highlighted the fundamental role played by science and inter-institutional collaboration in ensuring safe, quality food for the entire population. During the event, scientific advances, regulations, and projects related to food safety, aligned with the principles of [...]

For the third consecutive year, Omex Alimentaria, a Mexican producer of processed meats and dairy products, celebrated World Food Safety Day with a national fair filled with fun activities inspired by traditional games such as lotería and pirinola, adapted to reinforce key knowledge in good manufacturing practices, prerequisite programs, and hazard control. More than 1000 employees participated simultaneously in different locations across the country, involving the entire value chain: from production and distribution to product sales. Each activity allowed them to [...]

Apia, Samoa 11 June The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands held a two-day celebration of World Food Safety Day in collaboration with Ministry of Health of Samoa. Building on a shared commitment to food safety, FAO and the Government of Samoa held a workshop to assess enhance the Samoan national food safety system. “Through open dialogue, knowledge sharing, and collaboration, we can identify practical solutions and strategies to enhance our national framework. [...]

To mark World Food Safety Day 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) took part in the third Dubai Food Safety Forum, organized by Dubai Municipality, under the theme “Food Safety: Science in Action.” The event was organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment of the United Arab Emirates. Held in Dubai, the Forum brought together national and international stakeholders from government, academia, and the private sector. Participants discussed the role of science [...]

On Friday, 6 June 2025, the celebration of World Food Safety Day took centre stage at the Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) in Bern, Switzerland. Indeed, in line with the official theme for this year’s World Food Safety Day (WFSD), the event organised by the FSVO was titled: 4th Microbiological Risk Assessment Seminar: A Celebration of Science for Food Safety. This year’s event brought together experts from Federal Institutions as well as representatives from Cantonal authorities and the Academia, to discuss [...]