World Health Day 2015: Food safety
Five keys to safer food
Food safety is a shared
responsibility. It is important to work all along the food production chain –
from farmers and manufacturers to vendors and consumers. For example, WHO’s Five keys to safer food offer practical guidance to vendors
and consumers for handling and preparing food:
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Key 1: Keep clean
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Key 2: Separate raw and cooked
food
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Key 3: Cook food thoroughly
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Key 4: Keep food at safe temperatures
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Key 5: Use safe water and raw
materials.
World Health Day 2015 is an
opportunity to alert people working in different government sectors, farmers,
manufacturers, retailers, health practitioners – as well as consumers – about
the importance of food safety, and the part each can play in ensuring that
everyone can feel confident that the food on their plate is safe to eat.
For additional information
visit http://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2015/event/en/
