World Food Safety Day Observed on 7 June 2025.

Important Days

The United Nations (UN's) World Food Safety Day (WFSD) is observed annually across the globe on June 7 to promote global efforts for ensuring safe food, raise public awareness about food safety, and reduce the burden of foodborne diseases worldwide.


      - June 7, 2025, marks the 7th observance of World Food Safety Day.

      - WFSD is jointly facilitated by the Rome (Italy)-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the Geneva (Switzerland)-based World Health Organization (WHO).

      - Theme for WFSD 2025: "Food safety: science in action".

Main Point :-   (i) In July 2017, the 40th Session of the FAO Conference adopted a resolution supporting the establishment of World Food Safety Day. In December 2017, the WHO also expressed its support for the initiative.

      (ii) On 20 December 2018, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted resolution A/RES/73/250, officially proclaiming 7 June as World Food Safety Day.

(iii) The first observance of WFSD was held on 7 June 2019.

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