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An estimated 600 million – that’s almost 1 in 10 people in the world – fall ill after eating contaminated food and 420,000 die every year bit.ly/2AcvsnE

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Children under 5 years of age carry 40% of the foodborne disease burden, with 125,000 deaths every year bit.ly/2AcvsnE

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Unsafe food include
🔺uncooked foods of animal origin
🔺fruits and vegetables contaminated with faeces
🔺raw shellfish containing marine biotoxins bit.ly/2AcvsnE
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Unsafe food containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances, causes more than 200 diseases – ranging from diarrhoea to cancers bit.ly/2AcvsnE

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Diarrhoeal diseases are the most common illnesses resulting from the consumption of contaminated food, causing 550 million people to fall ill and 230,000 deaths every year
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Unsafe food can cause over 200 diseases.
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Do you know the five keys to #SafeFood?
1⃣Keep clean
2⃣Separate raw & cooked food
3⃣Cook thoroughly
4⃣Keep food at safe temperatures
5⃣Use safe water & safe raw materials

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👐 🧼 Wash your hands before handling food and often during food preparation 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 bit.ly/2AcvsnE

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👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 Separate raw 🥩, 🍗 and seafood from other foods.
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👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 Cook thoroughly, especially 🥩,🍗, 🥚 and seafood
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👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 Food left over?

Do not leave cooked food at room temperature for more than 2 hours. bit.ly/2AcvsnE

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👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 Wash 🍎🍐🍊🍍and 🥦 🍅🌽🌶, especially when eaten raw bit.ly/2AcvsnE

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@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @WHO_Europe @FAO @adafsa_gov The International Food Safety Authorities Network (#INFOSAN) - established in 2014, is a global network of 190 national #foodsafety authorities, managed jointly by WHO and @FAO

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@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @WHO_Europe @FAO @adafsa_gov The International Food Safety Authorities Network (#INFOSAN) supports governments in managing #foodsafety risks, ensuring rapid sharing of information during food safety emergencies to stop the spread of contaminated food from one country to another bit.ly/INFOSAN

@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @WHO_Europe @FAO @adafsa_gov An increasingly interconnected global food supply means that risks posed by unsafe food have the potential to rapidly evolve from a local problem to an international emergency bit.ly/INFOSAN #FoodSafety

@pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @WHO_Europe @FAO @adafsa_gov The rapid globalization of food production and trade has increased the likelihood of international #foodsafety incidents involving contaminated food bit.ly/INFOSAN