FAO/WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN)
An increasingly interconnected global food supply means that risks posed by unsafe food have the potential to rapidly evolve from a local problem to an international emergency. Ensuring food safety is an essential component for achieving global health security and national food safety authorities must be able to share information quickly and efficiently worldwide.

91%

of network members

report that participating in INFOSAN has been a valuable experience (2019 survey)

120+

Member states

alerted through INFOSAN about contaminated food exported to their country in 2020

125+ international

food safety events

communicated through INFOSAN in 2020

600+ members

from 190 Member States participate in INFOSAN

INFOSAN Community Website

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Access to the website is granted to officially designated INFOSAN members.

If you have questions about access to the Community Website or about INFOSAN in general, please contact the INFOSAN Secretariat, infosan@who.int.

 

External publications

A mixed-method exploration into the experience of members of the FAO/WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN): study protocol

BMJ Open 2019; 9:e027091

Exploring the Experiences of Members of the International Food Safety Authorities Network: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Journal of Food Protection, Volume 84, Issue 10, October 2021

Exploring the International Food Safety Authorities Network as a Community of Practice: Results from a Global Survey of Network Members

Journal of Food Protection, Vol. 84, No. 2, 2021, Pages 262–274

Global perspectives on food fraud: results from a WHO survey of members of the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN)

npj Science of Food 3, Article 12 (2019).

Looking Inside the International Food Safety Authorities Network Community Website

Journal of Food Protection, Vol. 83, No. 11, 2020, Pages 1889–1899

The FAO/WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network in Review, 2004–2018: Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. Volume 16, Issue 7, July 9, 2019; 480-488.

The utilisation of tools to facilitate cross-border communication during international food safety events, 1995–2020: a realist synthesis

Globalization and Health 17, Article number 65, 2021