Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow. #WorldFoodSafetyDay
Food safety is a cause close to our hearts here at Klipspringer, so we are pleased to be supporting this important campaign.
First, what is World Food Safety Day?
World Food Safety Day (WFSD), celebrated on 7 June 2021, aims to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage food-borne risks, contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agriculture, market access, tourism and sustainable development.
This year’s theme, ‘Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow’, stresses that production and consumption of safe food has immediate and long-term benefits for people, the planet and the economy. Recognising the systemic connections between the health of people, animals, plants, the environment and the economy will help us meet the needs of the future.
Recognising the global burden of food-borne diseases, which affect individuals of all ages, in particular children under-5 and persons living in low-income countries, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed in 2018 that every 7 June would be World Food Safety Day. In 2020, the World Health Assembly further adopted a decision on strengthening efforts on food safety to reduce the burden of food-borne disease. WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) jointly facilitate the observance of World Food Safety Day, in collaboration with Member States and other relevant organisations.
So, how are Klipspringer supporting World Food Safety Day 2021?
Put simply, in many different ways! Below you can see a highlight of some of the initiatives we are running: