World Food Safety Day: 10 tips to eat safely and healthily during the COVID-19 pandemic | Photo Credit: iStock Images
New Delhi: The 2nd World Food Safety Day (WFSD) will be observed on 7th June 2020 to spread awareness about food safety and to reduce the cases of foodborne diseases. With an estimated 600 million cases of foodborne diseases annually - almost 1 in 10 people in the world fall ill after eating contaminated food. Unhygienic foodis an increasing threat to human health. Children under 5 years of age carry 40 per cent of the foodborne disease burden with 1,25,000 deaths every year.
Food safety is everyones responsibility and all of us must work together. The most important is building an environment for Food Safety Culture. While the industry, food producers, and aggregators are adopting technologies to support this function, a lot of onus falls on the consumer side also.
In the pandemic challenges, the world needs a new era of smarter food safety. As a consumer of foods and food products, it is especially important that you keep in mind a few important things with regards to food safety. It could be related to giving close attention to packaging, participating in authentication, information about nutritional facts and day to day normal habits about food safety. Here are a few tips suggested by Mr. Chander S Jeena, Secretary of Authentication Solution Provider Association, to help you eat healthily and safely during the pandemic.
Disclaimer: Tips and suggestions mentioned in the article are for general information purpose only and should not be construed as professional medical advice. Always consult your doctor or a dietician before starting any fitness programme or making any changes to your diet.
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