The Nationwide Institute of Animal Sciences of Vietnam, with technical assist from the United Nations Meals and Agriculture, the Worldwide Institute for Cattle Analysis (ILRI) and the World Well being Group (WHO), celebrated a discussion board to commemorate World Meals Safety Day on June 7, 2025. This yr was Meals Safety: Science in Motion.
The occasion welcomed greater than 200 college college students from the College of Legislation Hanoi and the Ladies’s Academy, which joined for boards and open debates that mirrored the rising youth participation in meals safety and the formulation of science -based insurance policies.
The important thing message of the discussion board positioned science within the coronary heart of meals safety, which requested a stronger collaboration between governments, producers, academia and shoppers to use science -based options that enhance public well being and construct extra sustainable and resilient meals programs.
Meals safety is a vital public well being concern in Vietnam, with challenges corresponding to microbiological air pollution, pesticide residues and unauthorized components that pose severe well being dangers and restrict international competitiveness of Vietnamese meals merchandise.
Photograph: The homeowners of stalls observe their inventory of pork and beef in a neighborhood moist market, Hanoi, Vietnam (Ilri/Andrew Nguyen)