The FDA is marking World Food Safety Day on June 7.This year’s theme, “Safe Food Today for a Healthy Tomorrow,” stresses the immediate and long-term benefits of safe food for every country and for the planet itself.TheWorld Food Safety Daypage on fda.gov provides information on how to reduce risk and participate in the global event.
FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response Frank Yiannas will be speaking on the importance of World Food Safety Day as part of an event conducted by the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and Environmental Health Australia. He will outline what the FDA is doing to answer the call to action that governments — as well as food producers, business operators, and consumers all over the world — do their part to help keep foods safe.
The FDA promotes and protects public health by helping to ensure that the nation’s food supply is safe, sanitary, wholesome, and honestly labeled. In keeping with the spirit of World Food Safety Day, the agency also collaborates with global partners all year long to strengthen food safety. For example, the FDA has a Food Safety Partnership with Mexico to support high rates of compliance with food safety standards and reduce the risk of foodborne illness.
The agency also has Systems Recognition Agreements in place with New Zealand, Canada, and Australia documenting that each country operates comparable regulatory programs that yield similar food safety outcomes.
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认识到全球食源性疾病的负担，影响所有年龄段的人，特别是五岁以下儿童和居住在低收入国家的人，联合国大会于2018年宣布，每6月7日将是世界食品安全日。2020年，世界卫生大会进一步通过了决议，以加强全球食品安全努力，以减少食源性疾病的负担。联合国（粮农组织）的卫生组织和农业组织联合促进了与成员国和其他有关组织合作的世界食品安全日。
