The theme of World Food Safety Day 2021 is “Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow”. It stresses that the production and consumption of safe food have immediate and long-term benefits for people, the planet, and the economy.
Access to sufficient amounts of safe food is key to sustaining life and promoting good health. Foodborne illnesses are usually infectious or toxic in nature and often invisible to the plain eye, caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances entering the body through contaminated food or water.
