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4 paź 2024 · WHO works closely with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and other international organizations to ensure food safety along the entire food chain from production to consumption, in line with the One health joint plan of action (2022‒2026): working together for the health of humans, animals ...
18 paź 2024 · Food safety, nutrition and food security are closely linked. Unsafe food creates a vicious cycle of disease and malnutrition, particularly affecting infants, young children, elderly and the sick. In addition to contributing to food and nutrition security, a safe food supply also supports national economies, trade and tourism, stimulating sustainable development.
1 maj 2014 · National food authorities may be called upon to examine the safety of such conventional foods obtained from novel varieties of organisms, but this is not always the case. In contrast, most national authorities consider that specific assessments are necessary for GM foods.
22 lut 2018 · Food safety is a shared responsibility between governments, industry, producers, academia, and consumers. Everyone has a role to play. Achieving food safety is a multi-sectoral effort requiring expertise from a range of different disciplines – toxicology, microbiology, parasitology, nutrition, health economics, and human and veterinary medicine.
12 paź 2022 · The vision of the WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety 2022-2030 is to ensure that all people, everywhere, consume safe and healthy food so as to reduce the burden of foodborne diseases. The strategy was adopted by the 75th World Health Assembly. With five interlinked and mutually supportive strategic priorities, the strategy aims to build forward-looking, evidence-based, people-centred, and ...
WHO built the Five Keys to Safer Food Programme to assist Member States in promoting safe food handling behaviours and educate all food handlers, including consumers, with tools easy to adopt and adapt. The Five Keys to Safer Food explain the basic principles that each individual should know all over the world to prevent foodborne diseases. Over 130 countries have reported using the Five Keys ...
Access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food is key to sustaining life and promoting good health. Safe food is not contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria, parasites, viruses, toxins, chemicals and/or radionuclides. However, food can become contaminated at any point of production and distribution.
7 mar 2024 · World Food Safety Day on 7 June 2024 will draw attention to food safety incidents. This year’s theme underlines the importance of being prepared for food safety incidents, no matter how mild or severe they can be. Food safety incidents are situations where there is a potential or confirmed health risk associated with food consumption.
Safer Food To learn more about the Five Keys to Safer Food and potential collaborations, contact: Françoise Fontannaz Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses E.mail: fontannazf@who.int Keep clean • Wash your hands before handling food and often during food preparation • Wash your hands after going to the toilet
15 maj 2006 · The core messages of the Five Keys to Safer Food are: keep clean; separate raw and cooked; cook thoroughly; keep food at safe temperatures; and; use safe water and raw materials. The poster has been translated into more than 87 languages and is being used to spread WHO’s food hygiene message throughout the world.
