Food Security and Safety in India

Abstract

Abstract Let food be your medicine, instead of your medicine being your food. Hippocrates Food is indeed a way of distributing risks, causing sickness and death, and a means of sustaining and enjoying life. Infections caused by contaminated food are the most common transmissible medical problem in the globe. Food contamination has economic consequences at all levels of society. Disease caused by consuming contaminated food results in the need for care, whether it be institutionalized or self-care, on an individual and group level. Income is missed due to illness, which is extremely difficult on breadwinners. Foodborne disease is the most dangerous side effect, and it can even be fatal. It's also severe, with serious socioeconomic and psychological consequences. Despite an increase in the occurrence of foodborne illness, many public health officials fail to acknowledge the worldwide significance of foodborne illness. Changes that directly influence sanitation and the human environment, on the other hand, will pose a greater threat to food safety. Population ageing, urban sprawl and migration, and mass food production due to population growth and changing dietary patterns are all examples. Both traditional and modern food safety techniques should be improved and implemented properly. Legislative measures should be employed where necessary, but voluntary compliance and education of consumers and professional food handlers should be prioritised. This will be a major undertaking for primary care.