Safe Food Essentials

07/06/2025

It's World Food Safety Day 2025

02/06/2025

This year's theme for Food Safety Day is all about science 👩🏾‍🔬!

In this video, Corinna Hawkes, Director of the Food Systems and Food Safety Division of FAO, and Dr Luz de Regil, Director of the Department of Nutrition and...

16/10/2024

We believe everyone has the "Right to Foods for a Better Life and a Better Future." (Theme for World Food Day 2024)

07/06/2024

16/10/2023

Water is life. Let's not waste it!

16/10/2023

Join us as we celebrate World Food Day 2023.
The theme for this year is 'Water is life, water is food. Leave no one behind.'

01/10/2023

Our recently concluded training programme in Seafood HACCP, which was facilitated by Export Barbados (BIDC) and the Barbados Fisheries Division.

07/06/2023

Codex Alimentarius standards are international food texts, i.e. standards, codes of practice, codes of hygienic practice, guidelines and other recommendations, established to protect the health of consumers and to ensure fair practices in the food trade.

07/06/2023

What are Food Standards?
International food safety and quality standards are set by governments and private organizations. They provide guidance to all involved in food production (e.g. farmers, food processors) on how to provide safe and wholesome food for consumers.

07/06/2023

World Food Safety Day on 7 June 2023 draws our attention to food standards.

Food-borne diseases affect 1 in 10 people worldwide each year, and food standards help us to ensure what we eat is safe.