Food Safety & Security- A Basic Guide

Food safety is a fundamental aspect of public health and wellbeing as unsafe food poses a significant economic burden due to healthcare costs and lost productivity of the sufferer. On an average 1600000 People get sick due to unsafe food in one day; everyday 340 Children under 5 years of age die due to preventable foodborne diseases; 200 diseases caused by unsafe food ranging from diarrhoea to cancers. The United Nations General Assembly established World Food Safety Day in 2018 to raise awareness on the importance of food safety. WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) jointly facilitate the observance of World Food Safety Day in collaboration with Member States and other stakeholders. This book is the outcome of the initiative taken by “Jeevan Asheesh Sameeti” a non-profit organization from Kota city Rajasthan and educational platform YouTube channel “dietitian ki salah” on the occasion of World food safety day 2023. This book provides basic guidelines about different topics related to food safety and security. We believe that this book is an important contribution to the community in addressing common issues pertaining to safe food food related issues and food security from numerous domains of community.