Food is a basic necessity of life and has been consumed for decades to save life. The concept of Food safety made awareness and encouraged stakeholders to participate in the growth of GDP. Nowadays the number of businesses has evolved in Food Sector to meet the demand of customers. The Food Safety and Regulatory Ecosystem needs constant adaptation to emerging food hazards, new technologies, pandemic scenarios, and ever-evolving consumer needs. While there is the evolution of food safety and regulatory framework across the globe, it is also extremely important to enable the exchange of knowledge for building strategies to ensure safety and quality and provide safe food for all.
World Food Day is celebrated in honour of the date of the founding of the FAO of the United Nations in 1945. It is also followed in India.
Since the beginning, different themes were adopted each year to celebrate World Food Day which emphasizes the areas that need the maximum focus. In the year 2022, the theme for World Food Day was “Leave NO ONE Behind”. This year 2023 The World Food Day celebration theme is “Food Standards Save Lives”. The aim of the celebration is to recognise the importance of food standards across the world in keeping consumers safe, and in underpinning an equitable trade in food.
The significance of the celebration of World Food Day is to enable millions of people who are at high risk of malnutrition across the globe to afford a healthy diet. The situation was further deteriorated by multiple challenges, for example, COVID-19 Pandemic, Climate Change, Inequality, Price Increasing International Conflictions Political Instabilities etc. To pay more attention towards these issues, World Food Day 2023 will be celebrated with great enthusiasm.
The fifth World Food Safety Day (WFSD) will be celebrated on 7 June 2023 to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agricultural production, market access, tourism and sustainable development.
In India FSSAI, BIS APEDA, and QCI play a very important role to ensure safe food in the Indian marketplace. All packed products required an FSSAI Licence number for trade and the application of these standards and regulations made food fit for consumption.
Being Consumers this is bearing responsibility for all of us to be aware of our food choices and understand the information on labelling.
Shared By : Dr. Shyamal Kumar Banerjee
Sharda University
