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. 

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.

The authors and collaborating food safety experts highlight several unique features of Asian culture that interplay with food safety management: evolving leadership toward modern styles, emerging risk awareness, and an immense hunger for learning

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 European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a concept paper that outlines the agency’s future work and goals for improving risk communication across the EU food safety system.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently evaluated an ongoing project to improve food safety in Bangladesh, titled, “Institutionalization of Food Safety in Bangladesh for Safer Food.”

Safe Food for Infants in the EU and China (SAFFI) recently published three papers that lay new groundwork for advancing global infant food safety.

In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we interview Dr. Guangtao Zhang, the Director of the Mars Global Food Safety Center (GFSC), on the center’s work in advancing mycotoxin risk management, microbial risk management, and food integrity by generating new insights, driving technology innovations, and improving food safety capabilities and methodologies.

The authors and collaborating food safety experts have delineated several unique features in Australia around food safety and quality: intimate collaborations across sectors and functions, "walk the talk," and skills and capacity building.