World Food Safety Day
- A.A.S.
- Jun 7
- 1 min read
Why improving food safety is important?
Access to sufficient amounts of safe food is key to sustaining life and promoting good health. Foodborne illnesses are usually infectious or toxic in nature and often invisible to the plain eye, caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances entering the body through contaminated food or water.
Did you know?
Unsafe food containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances causes more than 200 diseases.
Recent estimates indicate that the impact of unsafe food costs low- and middle-income economies around US$ 95 billion in lost productivity each year.
Good hygiene practices in the food and agricultural sectors help to reduce the emergence and spread of foodborne diseases.
Drip irrigation provides many advantages in regards to food safety since the water and chemicals used are fully controlled since they pass through the driplines.
Moreover, the fact that the water reaches directly the root zone of each plant, eliminates the risk of crop contamination.
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