The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) will hold a series of activities for the “15th Food Safety Week” in early June, starting with a food safety forum on 5 June.
The event is held in commemoration of the “World Food Safety Day”, which falls on 7 June.
This year, under the theme “Technological Supervision of Food Safety Progress”, representatives from the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA), Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation, Centre for Food Safety of Hong Kong and IAM are invited as keynote speakers to discuss with the Macau sector the future development of strengthening the effectiveness of food safety supervision with technological approaches.
Apart from food safety forums with representatives from the sector, the event will also feature talks for the public, speaking tour for associations and schools, as well as food safety promotion activities, with the aim of drawing the attention of all sectors to food safety, as well as guiding them in navigating correct concepts of food safety and healthy lifestyle, according to IAM.
Meanwhile, the situation overview and current status of supervision of establishments of takeaway activities in Macau will also be presented, as well as the core principle of healthy diet “less oil, more beans, and more milk”.
Moreover, a thematic talk about “Safe and Healthy Food” will be held at the Municipal Market Complex in Patane on 6 June, during which IAM and Health Bureau (SS) representatives will analyse the most common food safety mistakes in daily life, as well as nutrition and health problems from a scientific point of view, guiding the public to develop safe and healthy eating habits.
Registration for this talk can be made through the website or mobile application of “Macao One Account” until 3 June.
Between 7 and 11 June, IAM will organise a speaking tour on “Five Key Points for Food Safety in Summer” to deliver educational talks on food safety for associations and schools. Schools and associations can make bookings via 8296 1239 or 8296 1245.
Between 12 and 18 June, the promotional activity “Food Safety and Cool Summer” will take place at Nova Mall in Taipa, with booth games, guided exhibitions with panels on food safety, parent-child colouring activities and puzzles, among others, in order to remind the public about the importance of food safety practices in the summer through games and interactions, according to IAM. For more information contact the city’s Food Safety Hotline on 2833 8181.
Source: IAM
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