Multisectoral Actions in Food Systems (AFS)
The multisectoral Actions in Food Systems (AFS) Unit defines implementation tools to strengthen food systems; support multisectoral policies to improve safety, quality and sustainability of food; engages with stakeholders in the food chain, and monitors policy implementation. The Unit provides support to WHO’s Member States in reducing the burden of diseases caused by unsafe food, unhealthy diets, and malnutrition in close collaboration with UN partner agencies, and other international organizations and stakeholders.
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Five keys to safer food
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This animated film was developed to explain the WHO Five Keys to Safer Food to general public from 9 to 99 years old, and encourage their practice at home. The Five Keys to Safer Food is a WHO global health message that everybody should know all over the world to prevent foodborne diseases and improve health.
Albanian
Arabic
Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani (short)
Bosnian
Cantonese (subtitled in Chinese)
Chinese
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English (short)
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Publications
All →Safety evaluation of certain contaminants in food: prepared by the one hundred and first meeting of the...
This monograph presents the safety evaluation of arsenic as a contaminant in food conducted by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)...
This WHO background document examines how urban food environments influence access to healthy diets and safe food, and how rapid urbanization is reshaping...
This toolkit supports the verification of competencies among providers of evidence-based breastfeeding support and care, including health professionals,...
Assessment tool
Food control system assessment tool: dimension D: Science / Knowledge base and continuous improvement
Dimension D looks at the necessary features for the system to build its scientific soundness and to keep abreast of new scientific developments and innovations,...
Dimension C identifies the interactions that must take place for the system to regularly adjust to national and international stakeholders’ evolving...
Dimension B focuses on the processes and the outputs of the national food control system. It revolves around the control functions that must be exercised...
Dimension A aims at mapping the fundamental elements necessary for the system to operate. These range from legal and policy instruments to financial assets,...
National food control system plays a pivotal role in protecting the health of consumers and ensuring fair practices in food trade. When we are able...
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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 (SOFI) is the UN system’s flagship assessment of global hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition,...
Joint FAO/WHO expert meeting on microbiological risk assessment on powdered formula for infants and young...
A Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) on powdered formula for infants and young children was convened in Rome, Italy,...
Nutrition and Food Safety News - May-June 2026
This edition of the NFS Newsletter features key activities the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety undertook in May and June 2026.
