FORUM: ''Safer food, Better health.'' World Food Safety Day 2022.
Safe food is essential to human health and well-being. Only when food is safe can we fully benefit from its nutritional value and from the mental and social benefits of sharing a safe meal. Safe food is one of the most critical guarantors for good health.
Unsafe foods are the cause of many diseases and contribute to other poor health conditions, such as impaired growth and development, micronutrient deficiencies, Non-communicable Diseases or communicable diseases and mental illness. Globally, one in ten people are affected by Food-borne diseases annually.
The good news is that most foodborne diseases are preventable.
Our behaviour, the way we build food systems and how we organize food supply chains can prevent infectious and toxic hazards, Foodborne pathogens (bacteria, viruses and parasites), chemical residues, biotoxins and other noxious or dangerous substances from getting onto our plates.
We need to transform food systems to deliver better health, and we need to do so in a sustainable manner. Food systems policy-makers, practitioners and investors should reorient their activities to increase the sustainable production and consumption of safe foods in order to improve health outcomes. To make safe and healthy diets accessible for all, applicable agricultural, food, trade and industry development policies need to promote food safety. Systemic changes for better health will #bringsaferfood, which is a critical enabler of longterm human development and a prerequisite for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs).
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