Every year, June 7 is the World Food Safety Day designated by the United Nations. To commemorate this day, the Japan Food Safety Management Association (JFSM) will hold a seminar event "World Food Safety Day 2025" on Friday, June 6, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. to learn and share with all those involved in food safety in the food chain.

　

This event is featured on the Codex Alimentarius website as part of the "World Food Safety Day" celebrations in Japan.
https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/world-food-safety-day-2022/events/event-details/en/c/1737222/

This year, in line with the theme "Food Safety: Science in Action" announced by WHO/FAO, JFSM will hold a seminar event "World Food Safety Day 2025" on June 6, 2025 at 14:00, with the keyword "Science in Action leads to Food Safety". Ms. Emiko Araki, Academic Advisor of the Japan Food Sanitation Association and a member of the ISO/TC34/SC17 Domestic Subcommittee, will speak on the theme of "The 2022 Revision of Codex General Principles of Food Sanitation and the Role of Testing and Inspection: The Relationship between Validation, Verification and Monitoring".
We are planning to add more programs in the future. Please look forward to it.

This event will be held in a hybrid format of on-site and online delivery. Both on-site and online are free of charge.

After the program, there will be time for networking after the program from 5:00pm to 6:00pm (drinks and snacks provided). (Drinks and snacks will be provided.)
*Participant networking will not be held online.

===== Event Outline =====
■Date and Time:
June 6, 2025 (Fri.) 14:00-17:00, Networking Session for Participants 17:00-18:00
Format: Held at the venue and online simultaneously (Zoom Webinar)

■Venue Information and Capacity

[Tokyo Venue] Capacity: 50 people (first-come-first-served basis) 1-5-2 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011, Japan
Room 1605, Vision Center Shinbashi 16F, Uchisaiwai-cho Heiwa Building
Access: https://www.visioncenter.jp/shimbashi/access/ (Japanese)

[Online delivery] Capacity: 500 (first-come-first-served basis)
Simultaneous delivery by Zoom webinar

■ Target audience
Food Related businesses, auditors, administrative municipalities, and others involved in and interested in food safety are encouraged to attend.

■Program
14:00 Opening
[Session Part 1: Food Safety Created by JFS Standards]
◇ (Tentative Title) Food Safety Management Association Update/ Masanori Kotani, President of JFSM
◇ (Tentative Title) Ceremony to Commemorate the Start of Collaboration with FAMIC Accreditation Center in Reliability Maintenance Activities of JFS Standard Conformity Certification Program/ Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center（FAMIC）Japan Accreditation Service for agriculture, forestry and fisheries (JASaff)
◇ (Tentative Title) JFS-C Standards Update and Support Information for Food Businesses / JFSM Secretariat
◇ Mini Seminars by Sponsoring Companies / Kaminashi, Inc.
- Break -
[Session Part2: Science in Action Part 2: Science in Action / Action based on scientific evidence leads to food safety】
◇ (Tentative title) Establishment of World Food Safety Day and its purpose/ Masanori Kotani, President of JFSM
◇ Codex General Principles of Food Safety 2022 and Role of Testing and Inspection - Relationship between validation, verification and monitoring/ Japan Food Sanitation Association Academic Adviser/ ISO/TC34/SC17 National Technical Subcommittee Ms. Emiko Araki, Member of Domestic Technical Subcommittee of 34/SC17
17:00 Seminar Program ends
17:00-18:00 Networking Session for Participants (Venue only)

■ How to Participate
Please register using the dedicated registration form.
Please make sure to check the application form as it differs depending on the participation method (on-site or online).

Tokyo Venue Registration Form]
https://www.jfsm.or.jp/form_03/index.php (Japanese)
*Application deadline: Wednesday, June 4, 17:00

[Online Registration Form]
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/ register/WN_s_JpVQBBRVChZuIsS08d6Q (Japanese)

[Contact]
Japan Food Safety Management Association (JFSM)
Business Management Support Department-2 Dissemination Promotion Team
Mutaguchi, Osawa, Konno
Tel: 03-6268-9691
Email: info★jfsm.or.jp
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