Food safety

Food free from harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, or chemical substances that cause more than 200 diseases. An estimated 600 million—almost 1 in 10 people in the world—fall ill after eating contaminated food, and 420,000 die every year.

References
  1. World Health Organization. (2020). Food safety: Key facts. [cited 2020 December]. Retrieved from: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/food-safety.
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