Food Safety and Security

Quality of Food

Should be balanced from nutritional point of view

Proper amount of essential elements should be present

All foods should be free of health hazards, especially stable/ radioactive toxic elements that cause illness

What is Food Safety

•          Contaminated food: It can carry harmful parasites, toxins, chemicals, and physical contaminants.

•          Food safety: It is a scientific discipline involves the safe handling of food from the time it is grown, packaged, distributed, and prepared to prevent foodborne illnesses.

Key Principles

The five key principles of food hygiene, according to WHO, are:

1. Prevent contaminating food with pathogens spreading from people, pets, and pests.
2. Separate raw and cooked foods to prevent contaminating the cooked foods.
3. Cook foods for the appropriate length of time and at the appropriate temperature to kill pathogens.
4. Store food at the proper temperature.
5. Use safe water and raw materials.

Food Security

•          Most people are familiar with the terms "national security" or "home security," but relatively few are familiar with the term "food security“.

•          According to 1996 World Food Summit, food security means that all people have enough to eat at all times to be healthy and active, and do not have to fear that the situation will change in the future. As a concept it can be applied at many levels—global, national, household, and individual.