World Food Safety Day
7 June 2023
Street vendor, Hanoi, Vietnam
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
World Food Safety Day Run, Hulhumale, Maldives, 2022
Little girl playing with her father outdoor in the nature
Restaurant school SENAC event in 2021, Brazil
Resources
Guide
A guide to World Food Safety Day 2023: food standards...
Series
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...
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...
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
World Food Safety Day 2021: Overview of festivity and creativity
Multimedia
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