If it isn’t safe, it isn’t food: promoting food safety to achieve the 2030 SDG agenda

If it isn’t safe, it isn’t food: promoting food safety to achieve the 2030 SDG agenda


Food Safety lies at the heart of the food system. Safe food reduces consumer illnesses and deaths, protections livelihoods and mitigates hunger and malnutrition. If food isn’t safe, it isn’t food. In this session we want to discuss next steps to build a Coalition for Action for Safe Food for All. 

Panellists for this session include: 

  • Meghan Rhodes, Acting Director of the Center of Nutrition in the Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, USAID 
  • Steve Wearne, Director Global Affairs, Food Standards Agency & Vice-Chair of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
  • Nuraini Binti Ghaifullah, Senior Assistant Director, Food Safety & Quality Division, Ministry of Health, Malaysia 
  • Caroline Emond, Director General, International Dairy Federation
  • Pawan Agarwal, Special Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industries, former CEO of Food Safety and Standards Authority India  
  • Delia Grace, Program Lead Food Safety and Zoonoses, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) 
  • Luz DeRegil, Unit Head, Multisectoral Actions in Food Systems, World Health Organization (WHO) 

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