One cannot talk about sustainable and resilient food systems without addressing food safety. Food security, nutrition and food safety are tortuously linked. Access to sufficient amount of nutritious and safe food is key to sustaining life and promoting sound health.
Unsafe food containing bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances, cause more than 200 diseases — ranging from diarrhoea to cancer. Unsafe food creates a vicious cycle of disease and malnutrition, that inordinately affects children, the elderly and the sick.
