THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD SAFETY
Did you know that every year around the world, over 420,000 people die and some 600 million people -almost one in ten- fall ill after eating contaminated food?
Food itself transmits more than 200 diseases, adding to this, the current food supply chain is complex and comprises different stages before it reaches the consumer, such as production, harvesting, transformation, warehouse, transportation, and distribution. That is why the importance of knowing how to choose what food we eat, where do they come from, if they have been genetically modified, ensuring that they had a safe process since its production until the moment of consumption.
However, it is worth mentioning the consequences that foodborne illness can trigger not only in one person but also in a big population.
At this moment, where the world is paralyzed, it´s time to reflect on how we have been living in the past years and one of the factors that we must reconsider is the way in which we feed our bodies. It has a great impac…
Food itself transmits more than 200 diseases, adding to this, the current food supply chain is complex and comprises different stages before it reaches the consumer, such as production, harvesting, transformation, warehouse, transportation, and distribution. That is why the importance of knowing how to choose what food we eat, where do they come from, if they have been genetically modified, ensuring that they had a safe process since its production until the moment of consumption.
However, it is worth mentioning the consequences that foodborne illness can trigger not only in one person but also in a big population.
At this moment, where the world is paralyzed, it´s time to reflect on how we have been living in the past years and one of the factors that we must reconsider is the way in which we feed our bodies. It has a great impac…
