Nutrition and Food Safety
The Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) Department is addressing the burden of disease from physical, chemical and microbial hazards in food and unhealthy diets, maternal and child malnutrition, overweight and obesity.

Vision and mission

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Key achievements

NFS key achievement 2023 pub cover
This brochure of our main 2023 achievements highlights the value of global health leadership in setting objectives, aligning partners, and driving change...

2024 Newsletter

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NFS newsletter April 2024 pub cover
The latest edition of our NFS Newsletter features key activities we undertook over the period from January to March 2024.

News and Agenda

Latest news

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Latest publications

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WHO global sodium benchmarks for different food categories, 2nd ed

The World Health Organization (WHO) has established the second edition of the global benchmarks for sodium levels in 70 food subcategories as part of WHO’s...

Pesticide residues in food 2022: Joint FAO/WHO meeting on pesticide residues: Evaluation, part II: toxicological

A Joint Meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment...

Evaluation of certain food additives: ninety-seventh report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

The Ninety-seventh report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, Rome, 31 October–9 November 2023.The report represents JECFA evaluation...

A rapid overview of systematic reviews on the effects of coconut oil intake compared with intake of other vegetable oils on mortality and cardiovascular health in children and adults

Following the release of the guidelines on saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake in July 2023, WHO is currently developing guidelines on tropical...



Areas of work

Our activities

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Documents

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NFS newsletter April 2024 pub cover

The latest edition of our NFS Newsletter features key activities we undertook over the period from January to March 2024.

NFS key achievement 2023 pub cover

WHO leadership, norm-setting, policy guidance, country support actions, monitoring and surveillance have brought another good year of progress towards...

World Food Safety Day 2024: Communication toolkit pub cover

This communication toolkit was developed by WHO and FAO to present information  about the sixth World Food Safety Day, and to share ideas on how to...

JEMRA viruses in foods part 2 pub cover

The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) on microbiological risk assessment of viruses in foods, Part 2 prevention and...

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