Food Protection and Safety

 

Meaning of Food Protection and Safety

Food safety and protection is a multidisciplinary topic that focuses on the safety, quality and security aspects of food.

Food safety is used as a scientist discipline describing handling, preparation and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness. Food safety issues involve microbial risks in food products food borne infections, and intoxications and food allergenicity.

Food protection deals with trends and risks associated with food packaging, advanced food packaging systems for enhancing product safety.

Food safety and protection covers various aspects of food safety, security and protection, it discusses the challenges involved in the prevention and control of foodborne illnesses due to microbial spoilage contamination and toxins. lt exercises several duties with which it contributes to safer food and there by intensifies health based consumer protection.

Some of the fundamentals principles for food safety and protection are;

1. Cleaning

2. Cross Contamination

3. Chilling 

4. Cooking 

These four principles can help to guide those handling, producing, serving and selling food to consumer to do so safely and hygienically.

Food safety problems have increased as the amount of food processed out of home has increased a lot, this includes all pre-packaged and pre-processed food. Outbreaks of food poisoning from bacterial and viral contamination of commercial beef, poultry and fruit have raised concerns about safety of the food supply, it has become imperative therefore for consumers to understand food safety problems when they purchase, store, prepare, cook, serve food and when they handle leftovers.

Importance of Food Safety and Protection

1. It helps to protect consumer from the risk of food borne illnesses.

2. Food safety and protection are important as they ensure that the food you handle and produce  is safe for consumption.

3. Food safety and protection is of utmost importance for businesses, as it helps to protect the health of consumers from food borne illnesses and food poisoning.

4. Food safety refers to routines in the preparation handling, and storage of food meant to prevent food borne illnesses.

 Food supply is changing and we should remember to improve on the degree of food safety to prevent food poisoning problem in the society.

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Article by;

Adisa Aanuoluwapo

Food, Nutrients & Health

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