The World Food Safety Day is celebrated every year on June 7 to draw global attention to the health consequences of contaminated food and water. Here are some food safety quotes which you can share with your friends and family.
Human beings are dependent on a few basic needs for living. Food (including water), cloth and shelter are the minimum requirements of a person for a decent standard of life.
Food is a necessity; throughout history, food has acted as a catalyst for societal transformation, development and expansion. But now, food safety is becoming an important issue.
The way in which food is produced, stored, handled and consumed affects the safety of our food. The absence of food safety may harm the health of consumers. Hence, to mark the importance of food safety, the World Food Safety Day is celebrated every year.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "The first wealth is health."
The principles of food safety aim to prevent food from becoming contaminated and causing food poisoning.
The United Nations (UN) has assigned two of its agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) to lead efforts in promoting food safety around the world.
When was the first World Food Safety Day celebrated?
In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 7 as the World Food Safety Day. June 7, 2019, marks the first anniversary of World Food Safety Day and the theme for World Food Safety Day 2019 was 'Food Safety, everyone's business'.
World Food Safety Day 2020: Date
World Food Safety Day is observed on June 7 to draw global attention to the health consequences of contaminated food and water.
"Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments." -Bethenny Frankel
Today is the second anniversary of World Food Safety Day (WFSD). Through this day, WHO pursues its efforts to mainstream food safety in the public agenda and reduce the burden of food-borne diseases globally.
World Food Safety Day 2020: Theme
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), under the theme 'Food safety, everyone's business', the action-oriented campaign will promote global food safety awareness and call upon countries and decision-makers, the private sector, civil society, UN organizations and the general public to take action.
Food safety is a shared responsibility in which everybody has a role to play. It is our duty to ensure that the food we consume is safe and will not cause damages to our health.
"Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have." -Winston Churchill
"Food safety is key to achieving several of the Sustainable Development Goals and World Food Safety Day brings it into the spotlight, to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks. Safe food contributes to economic prosperity, boosting agriculture, market access, tourism and sustainable development," according to a WHO report.
On this World Food Safety Day, here are some quotes which you can share with your friends, family or on social media pages like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Twitter with the hashtags #WorldFoodSafetyDay #ZeroHunger to raise the importance of food safety.
World Food Safety Day 2020 poster (Image source: un.org/en/observances/food-safety-day)
World Food Safety Day quotes
"We're going to do everything possible to make sure that food safety is always paramount, and that we work with the industry as aggressively as we can to make sure that we're paying attention to the food-safety issues." -Mike Johanns
"Sorry, there´s no magic bullet. You gotta eat healthy and live healthy to be healthy and look healthy. End of story." -Morgan Spurlock
"The food that enters the mind must be watched as closely as the food that enters the body." -Pat Buchanan
"Get people back into the kitchen and combat the trend toward processed food and fast food." -Andrew Weil
"Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper." -Adelle Davis
"Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food." -Hippocrates
"Food safety involves everybody in the food chain." -Mike Johanns
Food t is the third most basic thing for life after air and water. It is the starting point for our energy which keeps us healthy and support well-being. People often take for granted that it is safe, but in an increasingly complex and interconnected chain.
Hence, through the World Food Safety Day, WHO pursues its efforts to mainstream food safety in the public agenda and reduce the burden of foodborne diseases globally.
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