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Jun 6, 2022, 7 tweets

Today is #WorldFoodSafetyDay
We all want our food to be safe. And we all want to be healthy bit.ly/3HReDib

However, globally, 1 in 10 people per year succumb to foodborne diseases.
Foodborne diseases can be mild to very serious, even leading to death bit.ly/3Q40Xpj

#WorldFoodSafetyDay

Safe food meets our nutritional needs.
It helps adults to live an active and healthy life.
And it aids growth in children bit.ly/3mnYVTs

#WorldFoodSafetyDay

Unsafe foods contribute to many diseases and other poor health conditions, like

🍽️impaired growth and development
🍽️micronutrient deficiencies
🍽️noncommunicable or communicable diseases
🍽️mental illness

Each person has a role to play when it comes to food safety.

Whether you...

👨‍🌾grow your food
🥫process it
🚒transport it
🫙 store it
💰sell or buy it
🍳prepare or serve it

#FoodSafety is in your hands.

#WorldFoodSafetyDay

Children below five are at greater risk of malnutrition and mortality due to unsafe food.
They carry 40 percent of the foodborne disease burden bit.ly/3Q40Xpj

#WorldFoodSafetyDay

Unsafe food causes 1 in 6 deaths from diarrhoea in this age group.
The magnitude of the public health because of foodborne diseases is comparable to that of malaria or HIV/AIDS bit.ly/3Q40Xpj

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