Nutrition and Food Safety
The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) aims to address the burden of unhealthy diets, malnutrition and foodborne diseases, by providing guidelines, integrated services, and technical support, embedding nutrition and food safety into health, economic, and environmental agendas, and promoting access to knowledge and care for everyone.

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Supporting healthy diets and safe foods in urban food environments

This WHO background document examines how urban food environments influence access to healthy diets and safe food, and how rapid urbanization is reshaping...

Ensuring competency for providers of breastfeeding support and care

This toolkit supports the verification of competencies among providers of evidence-based breastfeeding support and care, including health professionals,...

Pesticide residues in food: report 2025: Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues

This report presents the outcomes of the 2025 Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR), including evaluations of pesticide residues in food,...

Marketing of breast-milk substitutes: national implementation of the International Code, status report 2026

Inappropriate marketing of breast-milk substitutes remains a significant public health concern, with implications for breastfeeding practices and maternal...