In conjunction with World Food Day, and under the patronage of His Excellency Prof. Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Dawood, President of the University, the University, represented by the Community Service Unit at the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, held a number of remote scientific lectures on Wednesday, 4/3/1442 A.H., in cooperation with the college's departments. 

The lectures offered by the university on this occasion varied and included: A lecture entitled "Food Safety in the Application of the HASP Program", presented by Dr. Shawkat Fathy, a faculty member at the college, in which he talked about the origin of the HASP food safety system in the United States of America, and then crossed the Atlantic Ocean to Europe and the rest of the world, where it was described as an integrated control system that ensures the achievement of food safety and risk-free food by analyzing the potential risks in food during its preparation and processing stages and identifying critical control points and working to monitor and control them to avoid the occurrence of these risks.

The lecture also pointed out that many governments and civil institutions have started to apply this system in order to produce safe food for the consumer, and in the Kingdom, the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs paid attention to the HASP system and issued technical bulletins and guides in preparation for its application, and the Saudi Food and Drug Authority crowned the ministry's endeavors by issuing a circular on 24/3/2019 obligating food factories and water bottling to apply this system because of its great impact on food safety.  

After that, a lecture entitled "Functional Poultry Foods and Human Health" was held, presented by Dr. Tariq Obaid, a faculty member at the college, during which he emphasized the increased interest in the role of functional foods in improving human health in recent times, as eggs are one of the most important and most widespread functional foods, such as eggs rich in omega-3, eggs rich in organic selenium, and eggs rich in vitamins.3, eggs rich in organic selenium, and eggs rich in vitamins, in addition to the existence of eggs rich in more than one of the previous elements, namely Columbus eggs, and poultry meat rich in omega-3, poultry meat rich in vitamin E, and poultry meat rich in selenium.

The lecture revealed that these products have a vital role in protecting the human body from many diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases and some inflammatory diseases, in addition to protecting people from cancer and Alzheimer's disease, so they are recommended for the elderly and children. 

The college held a lecture entitled "Together towards a balanced food to maintain your health", presented by Dr. Raghad Al-Hameed, a faculty member at the college, during which she explained the essential role of balanced food in the health of the body and its freedom from diseases, as balanced food is defined as food that provides the human body with various essential nutrients of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, mineral elements and water, which the body needs to perform its functions properly, build cells, tissues and organs in the body and prevent diseases, and raise awareness in society about balanced food that must contain foods that are

The lecture warned that the caloric components of food should be appropriate for the body according to the person's age, gender and activity to achieve and maintain a healthy weight, as each type of food contains one or more of these nutrients in varying amounts and each type has specific functions in the human body.           

Finally, a lecture titled "Organic Agriculture in Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Development: Dr. Adel Hassan, a faculty member at the college, explained that organic farming is an agricultural pattern that preserves and develops natural resources by improving the fertility and properties of the soil, improving biodiversity and biological cycles, preserving the environment from pollution, and this characteristic makes it play an important role in providing food needs for current generations and preserving the rights of future generations in achieving sustainable development.

The lecture touched on the data and figures obtained from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and practical research centers interested in organic agriculture and organic production management in various countries of the world and the importance of organic agriculture and its role in achieving sustainable agricultural development, pointing to the need to conduct more studies in the field of organic production by introducing new agricultural systems based on the non-use of chemicals and rationalizing the use of traditional agricultural inputs in modern and sustainable scientific methods.  

It is noteworthy that October 16 of each year coincides with the founding day of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945. On this day, FAO participates in events in more than 150 countries around the world, promoting global awareness and action to eradicate hunger and the need to ensure food security and a nutritious diet for all.