Due to the cancellation of the 2020 ACORN International Conference as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was to be held in Sydney during May 2020, the ACORN Conference has gone virtual! There will be a series of live and pre-recorded webinars, all of which are to be made available on the ACORN website.
Australian Food Safety Week 2020 will be held from 14 to 21 November 2020. The theme will be 'Food Safety – it's in your hands' where we will be building upon the good behaviour established during the COVID-19 pandemic so we can continue to reduce the amount of foodborne disease
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policy makers to avoid the further emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. The slogan for 2020 will be "Antimicrobials: handle with care" applicable to all sectors. The theme for the human health sector for WAAW 2020 is “United to preserve antimicrobials".
