Nutrition and Food Safety
The Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) Department is addressing the burden of disease from physical, chemical and microbial hazards in food and unhealthy diets, maternal and child malnutrition, overweight and obesity.
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2022 Newsletter
4 November 2022
Nutrition and Food Safety News - October 2022
The present issue of the quarterly NFS newsletter features the “summer cocktail” of our activities in the following key areas: Covid-19 and nutrition,...
14 July 2022
Nutrition and Food Safety News - June 2022
Before the summer break, we would like to share with you a quick glance on some of our activities in the 2nd quarter of 2022 to set nutrition and food...
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1 February 2023
Pesticide residues in food 2021. Joint FAO/WHO meeting on pesticide residues. Evaluation Part II – Toxicological
A Joint Meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Panel of experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment...
24 January 2023
Risk assessment of food allergens: part 2: review and establish threshold levels in foods for the priority...
Knowledge of thresholds constitutes a critical requirement to assessing the risk from allergens, as they are a characteristic of the hazard that allergens...
This fourth annual report monitors global progress towards the 2023 target for global elimination of industrially produced trans-fatty acids (TFA), highlighting...
14 December 2022
Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) food: attribution, characterization and monitoring: meeting...
Since the publication of the 2004 risk assessment, outbreaks of illness and resultant deaths due to L. monocytogenes continue to occur across the globe....
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12 January 2023
Call to action - Priority Actions for Immediate Acceleration in Response to the Global Food and Nutrition...
There are significant disruptions in the global food system, food prices are soaring, and climate-related weather extremes are aggravating food shortages...
4 November 2022
Nutrition and Food Safety News - October 2022
The present issue of the quarterly NFS newsletter features the “summer cocktail” of our activities in the following key areas: Covid-19 and...
14 July 2022
Nutrition and Food Safety News - June 2022
Before the summer break, we would like to share with you a quick glance on some of our activities in the 2nd quarter of 2022 to set nutrition and food...
The challenges to ending hunger, food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition keep growing. The COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted the fragilities...
