On June 7, 2025, the world will come together to celebrate World Food Safety Day, a global initiative led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). This year’s theme, “Food safety: science in action”, underscores the critical role of scientific knowledge in ensuring safe food, reducing foodborne illnesses, cutting costs, and saving lives.
Why Food Safety Matters
Food safety is a global priority. Each year, an estimated 600 million people fall sick from contaminated food, resulting in 420,000 deaths and significant economic losses. Unsafe food disproportionately affects vulnerable groups, including low-income communities, infants, pregnant women, and the elderly. By leveraging science, through testing, surveillance, and risk assessment we can prevent foodborne diseases, strengthen food systems, and promote sustainable practices.
This year’s World Food Safety Day emphasises how scientific advancements, such as microbial testing, chemical hazard detection, and innovative technologies, are transforming food safety. From farm to table, science ensures that food is safe, accessible, and sustainable for all.
Key Messages for 2025
The 2025 campaign highlights several core messages:
- Science is essential for food safety. Scientific methods, like risk analysis and data-driven surveillance, help identify and manage food safety risks effectively.
- Everyone has a role to play. From policymakers to manufacturers and food businesses, cleaners to consumers, collective action is crucial to ensure safe food and robust food systems.
- Safe food saves lives and resources. Preventing foodborne illnesses reduces healthcare costs, boosts productivity, and supports economic stability.
- Science drives innovation. New technologies, such as rapid testing kits and blockchain for traceability, are making food safer and more sustainable.
How to Get Involved
World Food Safety Day 2025 is a call to action for everyone. Here’s how different groups can participate, as outlined in the WHO and FAO toolkit:
Governments
- Strengthen regulations: Update food safety standards based on the latest scientific evidence.
- Invest in surveillance: Enhance systems to monitor and respond to food safety risks.
- Raise awareness: Launch campaigns to educate the public about safe food practices.
Food Businesses
- Adopt science-based practices: Implement hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) systems to ensure product safety.
- Train staff: Equip employees with knowledge about safe food handling and hygiene.
- Innovate: Use cutting-edge technologies like rapid testing or smart packaging to enhance safety.
Hygiene Service Suppliers
- Maintain high hygiene standards: Companies like Jaymak, which is ISO Certified (ISO 14001, ISO 22000, ISO 9001 & ISO 45001), use advanced cleaning techniques and science-based hygiene protocols to ensure compliance with food safety regulations.
- Prevent contamination: Using an accredited hygiene and cleaning specialist such as Jaymak, is an investment in your brand and reputation and will ensure you have the confidence in knowing that you are preparing food in a safe and clean environment.
- Support food businesses: Partner with food service providers to maintain safe environments, aligning with the 2025 theme of applying science in action.
Consumers
- Practice safe habits: Wash hands, cook food thoroughly, and store perishables properly.
- Stay informed: Learn about food safety risks and how to avoid them.
- Advocate: Demand transparency from food producers and support safe, sustainable brands.
Academics and Researchers
- Advance knowledge: Conduct research on emerging food safety risks, such as new pathogens or chemical contaminants.
- Share findings: Publish studies and collaborate with policymakers to inform regulations.
- Educate: Train the next generation of food safety professionals.
Schools and Educators
- Teach food safety: Integrate lessons on hygiene and safe food handling into curricula.
- Engage students: Organise activities like poster contests or cooking demos to promote safe practices.
- Partner with communities: Work with local organizations to spread food safety awareness.
Jaymak’s Role in Food Safety
Commercial kitchen and refrigeration cleaning, play a vital role in advancing food safety. Here at Jaymak we are dedicated to maintaining high hygiene standards in food service environments, which aligns with the 2025 theme of applying science in action. Our specialised cleaning services for coolrooms, freezers, and kitchen equipment help prevent contamination, ensuring compliance with food safety regulations. By using advanced cleaning techniques and science-based hygiene protocols, Jaymak supports food businesses in reducing risks of foodborne illnesses, contributing directly to safer food environments.
Act with Jaymak
Ready to elevate food safety in your business? Partner with Jaymak, an industry leader in preventative cleaning solutions. Our science-based hygiene solutions help prevent contamination and ensure compliance with food safety standards. Visit our website to learn how our specialised services can support your commitment to safe, high-quality food environments.
The Global Impact
World Food Safety Day 2025 is more than a single day, it’s a movement to build resilient, science driven food systems. By embracing scientific innovation and collective action, we can reduce the burden of foodborne diseases, protect vulnerable populations, and ensure safe food for all. As the toolkit emphasizes, food safety is a shared responsibility, and every step counts.
Join the global effort on June 7, 2025, to celebrate Food safety: science in action. Visit www.who.int/world-food-safety-day or www.fao.org/world-food-safety-day for resources, communication tools, and more ways to get involved.
Together, let’s make food safety a priority for health, for sustainability, and for a better future.
Source: World Food Safety Day 2025 Toolkit, WHO and FAO
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