"Food safety (or food hygiene) is used as a scientific method/discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness."
The study of safe food handling practices, sanitation principles, and regulations for preventing the spread of foodborne illness.
"The occurrence of two or more cases of a similar illness resulting from the ingestion of a common food is known as a food-borne disease outbreak."
"In this way, food safety often overlaps with food defense to prevent harm to consumers."
"Food safety considerations include the origins of food including the practices relating to food labeling, food hygiene, food additives and pesticide residues, as well as policies on biotechnology and food and guidelines for the management of governmental import and export inspection and certification systems for foods."
"The usual thought is that food ought to be safe in the market and the concern is safe delivery and preparation of the food for the consumer."
"Food safety, nutrition, and food security are closely related. Unhealthy food creates a cycle of disease and malnutrition that affects infants and adults as well."
"The main types of pathogens are bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungus."
"Food can also serve as a growth and reproductive medium for pathogens."
"In developed countries there are intricate standards for food preparation, whereas in lesser developed countries there are fewer standards and less enforcement of those standards."
"In the US, in 1999, 5,000 deaths per year were related to foodborne pathogens."
"In theory, food poisoning is 100% preventable."
"This cannot be achieved due to the number of persons involved in the supply chain, as well as the fact that pathogens can be introduced into foods no matter how many precautions are taken."
"The origins of food including the practices relating to food labeling, food hygiene, food additives and pesticide residues, as well as policies on biotechnology and food and guidelines for the management of governmental import and export inspection and certification systems for foods."
"Another main issue is simply the availability of adequate safe water, which is usually a critical item in the spreading of diseases."
"Unhealthy food creates a cycle of disease and malnutrition that affects infants and adults as well."
"Food can transmit pathogens, which can result in the illness or death of the person or other animals."
"The concern is safe delivery and preparation of the food for the consumer."
"In lesser developed countries there are fewer standards and less enforcement of those standards."
"Food safety often overlaps with food defense to prevent harm to consumers."
"Food hygiene is used as a scientific method/discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness."