Introduction
Unhealthy foods are originally, according to estimates, 2 million deaths per year -including many children. Foods containing bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals areresponsible for over 200 diseases, ranging from diarrhea to cancers.
New threats to the safety of the food appear constantly. The changes occurring in theproduction, distribution and consumption of food, environmental changes, new andemerging pathogens antimicrobial resistance pose as many problems to national foodsafety systems. The development of the travel and trade increases the likelihood ofinternational spread of contamination.
Improve the health safety of food
Food supply is becoming increasingly globalized, it is increasingly clear it is necessaryto strengthen food safety systems within countries and between them. That is why, on the occasion of World Health Day, April 7, 2015, who encourages the efforts aimed atimproving the safety of food, from farm to fork (and all intermediate steps).
WHO is assisting countries to prevent and detect foodborne illness outbreaks andrespond in accordance with the Codex alimentarius, which brings togetherinternational standards guidelines and codes of practices relating to food and coversthe main food and process. With the United Nations Organisation for food andAgriculture (FAO), who alerts the country relating to the safety of food through aninternational information network emergency.
Five keys to safer food
Food safety is a shared responsibility. It is important to work on all the foodproduction chain - from the farmer and producer to the Distributor and the consumer.For example, the who five keys to safer food manual contains practicalrecommendations for distributors and consumers concerning the handling andpreparation of food.
Key 1: Get into the habit of cleanliness
Key 2: Separate raw foods and cooked foods
Key 3: Cook the food
Key 4: Hold food at proper temperature
Key 5: Use water and safe products
The world day of the health 2015 is an opportunity to sensitize people working indifferent government sectors, farmers, producers, retailers, health - and consumer -staff the importance of food security, and the role that each can play in ensuring thatno one can doubt the safety of the food that puts it in his plate.