Safer food, better health, HQ World Food Safety Day Event
A Health talk by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , Dr Qu Dongyu , Dr Naoko Yamamoto , Dr Francesco Branca , Dr Tom Heilandt , Mr Han Kiat Tan , Dr Nicole Sharon Affrifah , Dr Dominique Burgeon , Mr Suresh Kumar and Ms Constanza Vergara Escobar
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About this Health talk
Organizers: FAO, WHO, CODEX Alimentarius
Overview
World Food Safety Day 2022 celebrations will be marked by a panel discussion under the theme “Safer food, better health”. The first half of the event will focus on the need to transform food systems to deliver better health, through an online moderated panel with WHO Assistant Director-General Naoko Yamamoto and Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations in Geneva Dominique Burgeon. The speakers will also take audience questions.
The second half of the event will explore, in a moderated panel, how different players ensure the sustainable production and consumption of safe foods in different settings in order to improve health outcomes.
Interpretation will be available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
Agenda
Moderator: Dr Francesco Branca, Director, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO
Safer food, better health
- WHO ADG Dr Naoko Yamamoto, Safe food— delivering better health for all
- Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations in Geneva Mr Dominique Burgeon, Working together for food safety
- Moderated Q and A with audience
Moderated panel of food safety in different settings across the food supply chain
- Ms Constanza Vergara Escobar, Ministry of Agriculture, the Republic of Chile
- Dr Nicole Sharon Affrifah, University of Ghana, the Republic of Ghana
- Mr Tan Han Kiat, Singapore Food Agency, the Republic of Singapore
- Mr Sridhar Venkat, the Akshaya Patra Foundation, the Republic of India
- Moderated Q and A with audience
Closing remarks
Dr Tom Heilandt, Secretary of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission