World Health Institute
Food Safety Issue
Food Safety Issue refers to the contamination of consumed food by food-borne bacteria, viruses, and harmful chemical substances that lead to severe health implications. Check out how SafePlate aims to tackle Food Safety Issues through scientific-based products, APP empowerment, and educational & social activism.
"Each and every member of the food industry, from farm to fork, must create a culture where food safety and nutrition is paramount"
Bill Marler, U.S. Leading Foodborne Illness Attorney
Food Safety in Numbers
60M Annual Infections
That's the entire population of France.
420,000 Annual Deaths
Equivalent to the estimated annual mortality burden of Influenza
200+ caused diseases
Including varities of cancer and chronic diseases.
Past Studies
Food Safety in the 21st Century
Fred Fung, et al.
"Globalization has triggered growing consumer demand for a wider variety of foods, resulting in an increasingly complex and longer global food chain. As the world's population grows, the intensification and industrialization of agriculture and animal production to meet increasing demand for food creates both opportunities and challenges for food safety."
Public health risks related to food safety issues in the food market: a systematic literature review
Zemichael Gizaw
"Microbial contamination of foods, chemical contamination of foods, food adulteration, misuse of food additives, mislabeling, genetically modified foods (GM foods), and outdated foods or foods past their use-by dates were the identified food safety–related public health risks in the food market."
Addressing food safety challenges in rapidly developing food systems
"Emerging technologies may offer ways to improveincentives and to more rapidly identify and address risks,as well as enhanced tools for public sector surveillance. Investments in food safety research have increased modestly in recent years, but clearly fall short in addressingthe public health challenge. The need to better under-stand emerging pathogens of all kinds, and their origins and potential controls, has been underscored by the globalpandemic."
