Nutrition and Food Safety

New WHO Collaborating Centre established to support work on food safety and healthy diet

WHO urges schools worldwide to promote healthy eating for children

Updated WHO manuals released to help countries strengthen foodborne disease surveillance and response

UN agencies welcome news that famine has been pushed back in the Gaza Strip, but warn fragile gains could be reversed without increased and sustained support

World Food Safety Day 2026 - From burden to solutions – safe food everywhere

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Microbiological Risk Assessment on the use of omics-based technologies in microbiological risk assessment

Launch of the WHO guideline on policies and interventions to create healthy school food environments

From evidence to action: WHO guideline on the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies for the treatment of obesity in adults

Call for consultant – Elimination of Industrial Trans-Fatty Acids (iTFA)

Call for data on the impact of freezing temperatures on the microbiological safety of foods

Call for experts on Dietary Exposure Assessment of Pesticides Residues in Foods

Call for experts and data on microbiological risk assessment on powdered formulae for infants and young children

The One-hundredth meeting of the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on...

In response to a request from the 53rd Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH), the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Microbiological Risk...

Children spend a large share of their day in school, making it a critical setting for shaping lifelong dietary habits and reducing health and nutrition...

This publication updates the document published in 2017 entitled “Strengthening surveillance of and response to foodborne diseases: introductory...

Addressing nutrition in emergencies

Assessing microbiological risks in food

Developing nutrition guidelines

Estimating the burden of foodborne diseases

Monitoring micronutrient status in populations

Promoting baby-friendly hospitals

Reducing population sodium/salt intake

Strengthening national food control systems

Assessing chemical risks in food

Controlling the global obesity epidemic

Establishing global nutrient requirements

Measuring child growth through data

Monitoring progress towards global food safety targets

Strengthening foodborne disease surveillance

Strengthening nutrition surveillance

A Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) on the use of omics-based technologies in microbiological risk assessment (MRA)...

With our diet, we ingest many substances every day, which can either be beneficial or potentially harmful. The chronic exposure to some of these substances...

This communication toolkit was developed by WHO and FAO to present information about World Food Safety Day 2026 and this year’s theme, and to...

This summary report contains key extracts of the results of the 2025 Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR), which are provided to make them...

South Africa: applying the lessons learned from tackling HIV to accelerate action on obesity

Did you know that where you live, the food systems around you and your lack of opportunities to be active increase your risk of developing obesity? How big is this issue? How can you reduce your risk and protect yourself? WHO’s Dr Francesco Branca explains in Science in 5.

Episode #101 - Do sweeteners help with weight loss?

Do non-sugar sweeteners help with weight loss? Do they pose a risk to your health? What about so called “natural” sweetness like Stevia? Jason Montez explains the findings from the new WHO report in Science in 5.

Episode #94 - Are you consuming too much salt?

WHO’s latest report is urging everyone to reduce salt in our diet. What happens when we consume too much salt? How would we know if we are consuming too much salt and what can we do to reduce it? WHO’s Dr Francesco Branca explains in Science in 5.

Episode #91 - Everything you need to know about trans fat

WHO is urging action by Governments and the food industry to remove industrial trans fat from our food chain. Which foods contain trans fat? How do they harm us? WHO’s Dr Francesco Branca explains in Science in 5.

Episode #51 - Breastfeeding & COVID-19

If you have COVID-19, is it safe to breastfeed your baby? Is it safe to get vaccinated against COVID-19 if you are breastfeeding? How can you keep your baby safe while breastfeeding if you have COVID-19? Dr Laurence Grummer- Strawn explains in Science in 5.