Food and Nutrition

Food Hygiene & Public Health

Food Hygiene, is also known as Food Safety can be defined as handling, preparing and storing food or drink in a way that best decreases the risk of consumers becoming sick from the food-borne disease. The principles of food safety aim to prevent food from becoming contaminated and causing food poisoning. Food hygiene is important because every day, people worldwide get sick from the food or drink they consume. Bacteria, viruses and parasites found in food can cause food poisoning. Food poisoning can lead to gastroenteritis and dehydration or potentially even more serious health problems such as kidney failure and death. Food hygiene and safety prevent germs from multiplying in foods and reaching dangerous levels.