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Home / News / Lifestyle News / World Food Safety Day: Significance, theme, and call to action
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World Food Safety Day: Significance, theme, and call to action

World Food Safety Day: Significance, theme, and call to action
Written by Lahari Basu
Jun 07, 2022, 11:59 am 2 min read
World Food Safety Day: Significance, theme, and call to action
Unsafe food can poorly affect human health. (Photo credit: Flickr)

Every year 4,20,000 people die eating contaminated food across the world, out of which 1,25,000 are children under the age of five. Safe food, nutrition, and food security are linked together. Unsafe food containing harmful microbes or chemical substances causes over 200 diseases. World Food Safety Day is observed on June 7 every year, to prevent and manage foodborne diseases, that threaten our health.

Need of the hour
Why World Food Safety Day?

World Food Safety Day was declared by the United Nations General Assembly on December 20, 2018, to celebrate the benefits of safe food, and draw global attention to the consequences of contaminated food and water. This day is observed to make efforts to ensure that the food consumed is safe. We must focus on safety to reduce the burden of consequences of food-borne diseases.

Health concern
Theme for 2022

The theme for World Food Safety Day 2022 is "Safer food, better health." The theme was announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) which explains that safer food is the key to better health. Policymakers must design public procurement of food so that consumers can access safe and healthy foods. Food businesses must comply with international food standards.

Illnesses
Food-borne diseases

The UN says, around 600 million cases of food-borne sicknesses are reported yearly. Diseases arising from unhygienic food affect the most vulnerable people in our society, especially children and victims of conflicts. Illnesses are caused by viruses, bacteria, and parasites present in food and water. It is important to ensure that food stays safe and hygienic from harvesting to distribution.

Prevention
Call to action

We hear about food poisoning deaths from school-midday meals and other places pretty frequently and feel saddened. Here's what we can do to prevent history from repeating itself. Consumers should store food items in clean spaces, keep raw and cooked food separately, cook ingredients thoroughly, keep food at safe temperatures and use clean water. We must stay informed and promote food safety.

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Having worked in the media industry for six years, Lahari currently writes Lifestyle stories for NewsBytes. Before this, she worked with Microsoft News and Dainik Bhaskar group. An avid traveller, home cook, crocheter, and movie buff, Lahari is always on the lookout for good food, colourful yarns, innovative and thoughtful cinema, and cats! With words as a weapon, nature as strength, optimism as fuel, and an undying thirst for discovery, she is out on a lifelong journey to seek and experience the unknown.
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