WHO/F. Fontannaz
Unsafe food causes many acute and life-long diseases, ranging from diarrhoeal diseases to various forms of cancer. WHO estimates that foodborne and waterborne diarrhoeal diseases taken together kill about 2.2 million people annually, 1.9 million of them children.
Foodborne diseases and threats to food safety constitute a growing public health problem and WHO's mission is to assist Member States to strengthen their programmes for improving the safety of food all the way from production to final consumption.
In May 2010 the World Health Assembly approved a new resolution on food safety: Advancing food safety initiatives (WHA63.3). This resolution will be used to update the current WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety.
Recent publications
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Food Safety News No 44
8 February 2012 -
Joint FAO/WHO Expert meeting to review toxicological and health aspects of Bisphenol A and Stakeholder Meeting - Full report
1 September 2011 -
First Global Meeting of INFOSAN - Full Report
16 August 2011 -
Five keys to growing safer fruits and vegetables
1 July 2011
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75th JECFA monographs - Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food, FAS 66
23 April 2012 [pdf 1.2Mb] -
74th JECFA monographs - Safety evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants - FAS 65
16 March 2012 [pdf 4.16Mb] -
2011 JMPR Evaluations - Part 1: Residues
15 March 2012 [pdf 1.97Mb] -
75th JECFA Report - Veterinary Drug Residues in Food - TRS 969
14 March 2012 [pdf 1.17Mb] -
2010 JMPR toxicological monographs
3 February 2012 [pdf 5.22Mb]
