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World Health Day 2015
The World Health day is celebrated every year on April 7.
It was established by the
World Health Organization
(WHO), first in 1948, to raise
awareness on key global
health issues. As each year a
theme is selected to highlight
the priority area in public
health, this year, the focus is on
food safety. World Health Day
is one of the eight official
global public health campaigns marked by WHO.
The changes in food production, distribution and consumption, new methods of
packaging have imposed new
threats to food safety. An esti-

mated 2 million people die
annually due to unsafe
food, which includes many
children. Food safety aims
to protect consumers from
the risk of food poisoning
and food borne diseases.
In order to reduce these incidents, we
need
to
strengthen the food safety
measures. Food safety is a
collective effort. Everyone
needs to work together including the farmers, manufactures, vendors and consumers. In this co ntext,
WHO offers five keys for
safer food, which includeskeeping the food clean,

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separating the raw and cooked food,
cooking the food thoroughly, keeping
the food at appropriate temperature
and making sure to use safe water and
suitable raw materials.
The need for food safety has become
apparent in every country, as food
supply now remains more globalized.
Therefore, WHO is making a vital effort to promote food safety.