Science in action: the people behind food safety
Science on the Menu: A Food Safety Podcast by EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
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🗓️ 6 June 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
What do regulatory scientists do every day? Where are their lab coats? As we celebrate World Food Safety Day on June 7 and this year’s theme of Science in Action, we’re hearing from the scientists who help keep food safe.
Come join us as we surprise them at their desks to see what they’re working on. We’ll explore whether regulatory science can keep pace with new research and innovation, and we’ll investigate the new frontiers of food science to find out what lies ahead! Come and enjoy science in action!
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes I miss a little of the fieldwork. I was very lucky to be involved in a lot of fieldwork in unique places. |
| 0:06.0 | And I worked a lot in Arctic ecosystems, in Alaska, in Greenland. Sometimes you miss a little of that adventure. |
| 0:11.4 | But regulatory sciences can be a lot of adventure. And when you're talking sometimes also to politicians and to policymakers, it can also be wild. |
| 0:31.5 | Science on the menu, a podcast by the European Food Safety Authority. |
| 0:41.3 | Hello, welcome to another episode of Science on the menu. My name is Ed and today we're going to be discussing the value of science to society. |
| 0:48.3 | And we're going to be picking up on the theme of World Food Safety Day, which happens every year on June the 7th. And the theme this year is |
| 0:56.0 | Science in Action. So here with me to unpack this is the chief scientist at EFSA. |
| 1:03.4 | Karostas Nevis. Welcome to the podcast, Carlos. |
| 1:06.0 | Thank you very much, Ed, and hello to everyone listening as well. |
| 1:09.0 | So we're going to be discussing science in action, which is the theme of the World Food Safety |
| 1:15.1 | Day, which started in 2019, so we're now a few years into having an international food safety |
| 1:22.5 | day. My first question to you is how important is it actually to have a world food safety day? |
| 1:29.3 | Extremely important. And I know that some people will say they are international days for |
| 1:34.9 | everything on the list. But I think we all agree that food is really key. It's something we all |
| 1:40.7 | need. It's something that motivates economies, politics, passions, |
| 1:47.0 | its tradition, its culture. But it's also something that continues to threat the lives of |
| 1:53.0 | thousands of people around the world. And we have still, even in Europe, every year, food |
| 1:58.0 | outbreaks and people that die from consumption food that is not safe. |
| 2:02.7 | And this is a good reminder why once a year we should really highlight the importance of the safety |
| 2:08.1 | of food systems. But it's more, I think, today, this 7th of June, it gives us the chance not just |
| 2:13.9 | to remember this, but to communicate with a broad range of people and stakeholders, |
| 2:19.3 | to make, to raise awareness, to educate, it's a chance to call for action. |
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