World Food Safety Day
7 June 2025
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Diseases caused by unsafe food, ranging from diarrhoea to cancers
1 600 000
People get sick due to unsafe food every day, on average
US$ 110 billion
Annual economic burden of foodborne diseases in low- and middle-income countries
Food safety: science in action
Science is at the heart of food safety. It helps us understand what makes food unsafe and guides us on how to prevent foodborne diseases. The theme of World Food Safety Day on 7 June 2025 draws attention to the use of scientific knowledge as key to reducing illness, cutting costs and saving lives.
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This short document outlines the importance of food safety, the benefits and how food safety can be improved in fisheries. It is part of a set of leaflets...
This short document outlines the importance of food safety, the benefits and how food safety can be improved in aquaculture. It is part of a set of leaflets...
This short document outlines the importance of food safety, the benefits and how food safety can be improved in the primary production of milk. It is part...
This short document outlines the importance of food safety, the benefits and how food safety can be improved in growing fruits and vegetables. It is part...
This short document outlines the importance of food safety, the benefits and how food safety can be improved in schools and daycare centres. It is part...
This short document outlines the importance of food safety, the benefits and how food safety can be improved in street food vending. It is part of a set...
20 May 2022
Food safety is everyone’s business in workplaces
This short document outlines the importance of food safety, the benefits and how food safety can be improved in workplaces. It is part of a set of leaflets...
This short document outlines the importance of food safety, the benefits and how food safety can be improved in schools and daycare centres. It is part...
20 May 2022
Food safety is everyone’s business at home
This short document outlines the importance of food safety, the benefits and how food safety can be improved at home. It is part of a set of leaflets produced...
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In 2023, over 500 events were organized in at least 139 countries on the occasion of World Food Safety Day. Many of those were technical conferences and...
10 October 2022
World Food Safety Day 2022 in pictures and numbers
For the fourth time, World Food Safety Day showed that governments, the food industry, non-profit organizations, academia, schools and consumers around...
15 November 2021
World Food Safety Day 2021: Overview of festivity and creativity
With a theme of ‘Safe food now for a heathy tomorrow’, World Food Safety Day (7 June 2021) focused on the immediate and long-term benefits...
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