World Food Safety Day

World Food Safety Day

7 June 2023

WHO/Diego Rodriguez
Street vendor, Hanoi, Vietnam
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1 600 000
People get sick due to unsafe food in one day, on average

340
Children under 5 years of age die due to preventable foodborne diseases, on average, every day 

 

200
Diseases caused by unsafe food, ranging from diarrhoea to cancers

 

Food standards save lives

World Food Safety Day on 7 June 2023 will draw attention to food standards. Foodborne diseases affect 1 in 10 people worldwide each year, and food standards help us to ensure what we eat is safe. 

 

 

Campaign assets and information

WHO Maldives/Winkapic Maldives
World Food Safety Day Run, Hulhumale, Maldives, 2022
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Sonia Dhankhar
Little girl playing with her father outdoor in the nature
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SENAC
Restaurant school SENAC event in 2021, Brazil
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Resources


 

Guide

Series

Food safety is everyone’s business in fisheries

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...

Food safety is everyone's business in aquaculture

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...

Food safety is everyone’s business in the primary production of milk

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...

Food safety is everyone’s business in growing fruits and vegetables

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...

Food safety is everyone’s business in schools and daycare centres

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...

Food safety is everyone’s business in street food vending

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...

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...

Food safety is everyone’s business in traditional food markets 

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...

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...

Publications

World Food Safety Day 2022 in pictures and numbers
This report provides a summary of this year’s celebrations, using photographs that were kindly shared by organizations, institutions and individuals from...
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 of producing...