Members of the WHO Alliance for Food Safety

The expertise and collaboration among Alliance members are fundamental to achieving the mission of guiding and supporting Member States in prioritizing, planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating actions to reduce the burden of foodborne diseases by continuously strengthening food safety and promoting global cooperation in accordance with the WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety (2022-2030), the International Health Regulations (2005), and taking the One Health approach.  We acknowledge the invaluable expertise, dedication, and collective impact of our members in advancing this mission.

List of current members

Australia

The University of Melbourne

Brazil

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Canada

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (Public Health Agency of Canada, PHAC)
Health Canada
National Microbiology Laboratory (Public Health Agency of Canada, PHAC)

University of Guelph

Costa Rica

Instituto Costarricense de Investigacion y Enseñanza en Nutricion y Salud (INCIENSA)

Denmark

National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
(WHO Collaborating Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance and Foodborne Pathogens and Genomics)

France

Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)

Germany

German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)

India

National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections (ICMR-NIRBI)
(WHO Collaborating Centre For Research and Training On Diarrhoeal Diseases)

Kenya

Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)

Lebanon

American University of Beirut Medical Centre
(WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Bacterial Pathogens)

Mexico

Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASICA)

The Netherlands

Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature

Oman

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Water Resources of Oman

Qatar

Ministry of Public Health of Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Food and Drug Authority/a>

Senegal

Institut Pasteur de Dakar

Singapore

National Centre for Food Science, Singapore Food Agency
(WHO Collaborating Centre for Food Contamination Monitoring

Thailand

Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University
(WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Nutrition and Food Safety

Uruguay

Laboratorio Tecnologico del Uruguay (LATU)

Regional/International entities:

Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
African Union Commission (AUC)

Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
World Food Programme (WFP)