World Food Safety Day being observed today
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07 June, 2022 02:56 pm IST
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World Food Safety Day is being observed today around the world to promote awareness and encourage adequate steps to prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks.
The United Nations has declared this day to draw global attention to the health consequences of contaminated food and water. Every year, the organisation comes up with a theme that focuses on the current and potential challenges around food safety. This year, the theme is 'Safer Food, Better Health'.
The day was set aside by the United Nations in 2018 to raise awareness of food safety. According to the United Nations, around 600 million cases of food-borne illnesses are reported every year which makes unsafe food one of the most concerning threats for human health.
Diseases arising from unhygienic food affect the most vulnerable people and marginalised sections of society, especially children, women and victims of conflicts.
These illnesses are mostly caused by viruses, bacteria and parasites present in the contaminated food and water which are often not visible to the plain eye. Food safety becomes important to ensure that food stays safe and hygienic at every stage of the food chain from harvesting and processing to storage and distribution.
The World Food Safety Day comes as an opportunity to strive more and strengthen efforts to ensure that people eat safe which is clean and safe. As per World Health Organisation, various governments across the globe, educational institutions and workplaces, consumers and food businesses, all play an important role in keeping food safe.
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