In today's busy life we don't have time to look out on our health.
For good health, we have to take healthy foods. So, we have to make sure
that the food we are eating is not harmful for us. The food must not be
contaminated with harmful viruses, toxins, bacteria, parasites and
chemicals. The food safety depends upon from the farmer's farm to the consumer's
plate. It doesn't matter you are a manufacturer, consumer or
distributor, the food chain contains everyone in its process. So,
because of the food globalization, the food contaminations which are
occurring in one place can affect the health of the consumers on the
other side of the planet. Thus, it is necessary to learn the safe food
handling practice for everyone.
Here are some Exciting facts on food safety:
Stomach pain, loose motions and vomiting are the common symptoms of
the food borne disease. The contaminated food can cause the long term
health problems. The contaminated food with naturally occurring toxins
or with heavy metals can be a reason for the long term diseases
including neurological disorders and cancer.
Many people fall ill every year and there are many who die just
because a result of eating unsafe food. More than 1.5 million children
die annually because of the Diarrheal diseases. The main reason for the
illness is contaminated water and food. Many reports have proved that
the proper preparation of food can prevent the most food borne diseases.
The contaminated food can affect the health of the people who has
fragile or poor health status. These people can easily lead to the
serious illness and death instead of the people with good health, for
example, sick, pregnant woman and the elders. So, we can say that the food borne diseases are commonly spread in vulnerable people rather than the other groups.
The tasks of food suppliers are not easy these days. There are
different stages in the supply tasks like harvesting or slaughtering, on
farm production, storage, processing, transport and distribution before
the food reaches to the customers. The globalization has also made the
food safety more complex. The trade and food production has made the
food chain complicated and longer.
To improve the food safety, we have to make use of the best available
technology and science. Food Safety is a shared responsibility where
industry, governments, producers and consumers can play their roles. The
food safety can be achieved by getting the expertise in different
disciplines like microbiology, toxicology, nutrition, parasitological,
health economics, veterinary and human medicine. The school education,
women's groups and the local communities can also play an important
role.
Consumers have to be well informed about the food safety practices.
They can play more important role in food safety by getting all
information about the food safety and wise food choices. They should
know about how to handle the food safety and common food hazards, by
using the information which is provided in the food labeling.