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
Videos
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
English
English (short)
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Publications
All →SHAKE the salt habit, 2nd ed.
The document outlines a structured approach to developing a comprehensive sodium reduction strategy, including preparatory steps such as establishing governance...
Evaluation of certain contaminants in food: one-hundred-and-first meeting report of the Joint FAO/WHO...
OverviewThe one-hundred-and-first meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) was held in Geneva from 15 to 21 October 2025....
The WHO acceleration plan to stop obesity: a joint WHO/UNICEF operational model for designing and implementing...
Obesity is one of the most urgent public health challenges of our time. In 2022, more than 1 billion people worldwide were living with obesity, a number...
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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This FAO/WHO workshop in China (September 2025) brought together over 60 experts from 11 countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America to address and...
Joint FAO/WHO expert meeting on microbiological risk assessment on the use of omics-based technologies...
A Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) on the use of omics-based technologies in microbiological risk assessment (MRA)...
With our diet, we ingest many substances every day, which can either be beneficial or potentially harmful. The chronic exposure to some of these substances...
