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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NFS newsletter Sep-Oct 2025 cover
This edition of the NFS Newsletter features key activities we undertook in September and October 2025.

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...

News and Agenda

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Strengthening surveillance of and response to foodborne diseases: introductory manual

This publication updates the document published in 2017 entitled “Strengthening surveillance of and response to foodborne diseases: introductory...

Strengthening surveillance of and response to foodborne diseases: stage one manual (part A): using indicator- and event-based surveillance to detect foodborne events

This publication updates the document published in 2017 entitled “Strengthening surveillance of and response to foodborne diseases: a practical manual....

Strengthening surveillance of and response to foodborne diseases: stage two manual: strengthening indicator-based surveillance

This publication updates the document published in 2017 entitled “Strengthening surveillance of and response to foodborne diseases: a practical manual....

Strengthening surveillance of and response to foodborne diseases: stage three manual: integrating surveillance data to better understand risks across the food chain

This publication updates the document published in 2017 entitled “ Strengthening surveillance of and response to foodborne diseases: a practical...



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NFS newsletter Sep-Oct 2025 cover

This edition of the NFS Newsletter features key activities we undertook in September and October 2025. 

Technical note administrative data child malnutrition publication cover

The purpose of this technical note is to provide evidence-based recommendations in the collection, quality assessment and analysis of individual-level...

Ad hoc Joint FAO-WHO Expert meeting November 2025 summary and conclusions cover

In response to the request from Codex Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL) for scientific advice on reference dose(s) (RfDs) and concentration for gluten...

This document was prepared in support of the publication "WHO reference protocol for measuring fatty acids in foods, with emphasis on monitoring trans-fatty...

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