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4 Οκτ 2024 · Learn about the key facts, major foodborne illnesses and causes, and the economic and health impacts of unsafe food from WHO. Find out how to prevent and control foodborne diseases with a multisectoral, one health approach.
22 Φεβ 2018 · More than 200 diseases are spread through food. 1 in 10 people fall ill every year from eating contaminated food, and 420 000 people die each year as a result. Children under 5 years of age are at particularly high risk, with some 125 000 young children dying from foodborne diseases every year.
29 Ιουλ 2024 · Learn about the global burden, causes and consequences of unsafe food, and how WHO works to prevent, detect and respond to foodborne diseases. Find fact sheets, guidelines, tools, events and publications on food safety topics.
About Four Steps to Food Safety. Follow key food safety steps to prevent foodborne illness. Learn More. Featured content. People at Increased Risk for Food Poisoning. Certain groups are at higher risk for foodborne illness. Symptoms of Food Poisoning. Food poisoning symptoms include diarrhea, stomach pain or cramps, nausea, vomiting, and fever.
Safe food is needed for everybody, from growing children and adolescents to pregnant women and older adults. Unsafe food and water are linked to the deaths of an estimated 2 million people annually including many children.
What is food safety? Food safety is a science-based discipline, process or action that prevents food from containing substances that could harm a person’s health. Food safety aims to have food that is safe to eat.
While COVID-19 has not been transmitted by food, the pandemic has sharpened the focus on food safety-related issues, such as hygiene, antimicrobial resistance, zoonotic diseases, climate change, food fraud and the potential benefits of digitalizing food
