World Food Safety Day 2025 Symposium | Day 1 Highlights

On the occasion of World Food Safety Day 2025, four EU-funded initiatives — FCI4Africa, FoodSafety4Africa, HealthyDiets4Africa, and the Uprise Food Safety Project — came together to host the “World Food Safety Day Symposium for Next Gen Food Safety Practitioners.” With over 150 registrations, this online gathering, held on 4 and 5 June, highlighted the vital role of science, policy, and collaborative innovation in strengthening food safety systems across Africa. The Symposium opened with a welcome from moderator Dr. Fadel Ndiame of Food Systems Transformation Solutions in South Africa, who set the scene by emphasising the need to build more resilient, equitable, and science-informed food systems, followed by a powerful keynote address by Dr. Amare Ayalew of the African Union Commission. His intervention underscored the urgency of harmonised continental action and the need for investments in capacity-building, especially for youth and early-career professionals. Find out more: https://foodsafety4africa.eu/wfsd-202...