The Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) unit supports Member States in strengthening nutrition and food safety systems by promoting healthy diets for noncommunicable disease prevention and control, preventing all forms of malnutrition and the burden of foodborne diseases, and fostering safe, sustainable, and healthy food systems across the Western Pacific Region.

This is accomplished by:

• Supporting the development and implementation of national nutrition policies, strategies and legislation that strengthen life‑course nutrition, advance obesity prevention, and promote healthier food environments—including actions related to maternal, infant and young‑child nutrition, fortification, nutrition labelling, marketing restrictions, excise taxation, and healthy food procurement.
• Strengthening food control systems, food safety policies and legal frameworks, aligned with global and regional strategies and standards, and responsive to countries’ priorities and contexts.
• Supporting surveillance systems and analytical capacities to monitor nutrition status, diet-related noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors, and priority nutrition indicators.
• Strengthening foodborne disease surveillance, risk assessment, and supporting preparedness and response for food safety emergencies.
• Promoting partnerships to advance safe food handling, hygiene practices, and risk communication, including the adoption and implementation of Codex Alimentarius standards.
• Strengthening multisectoral partnerships and coordination across government sectors, development partners, civil society and academia to tackle systemic challenges and advance healthy food environments.
• Supporting Member States through capacity‑building, guidance, tools and technical assistance to improve implementation of nutrition interventions and food safety systems, ensuring both contribute to healthier populations.