Introduction – World Food Safety Day will be celebrated annually on June 7 across the world to highlight the importance of food safety to maintain food standards that lower the risk of food poisoning. The main goal of this global day is to raise awareness about the importance of food safety and to take action, which helps in detecting, managing, and preventing the risk of foodborne. This International Day provides an opportunity to share about food safety on several social media websites among common people across the world.

Food safety is essential for common people across the world because consuming contaminated food may cause several foodborne diseases. Thus, food safety or security may be defined as a way to prepare, store, deliver, and consume food in such a way that it may maintain good health and proper nutrition. Food security may help in preventing the development of bacteria that may cause severe diseases. Dirty or unsafe food may cause several diseases, which contribute to poor health conditions including mental illness, micronutrient deficiencies, impaired growth, non-communicable or communicable diseases, and many more. Thus, food safety is essential for good health worldwide

History – The United Nations General Assembly accepted the resolution on December 20 in the year 2018 and announced that World Food Safety Day will be observed every year on June 7 across the world. The World Health Assembly adopted a resolution on August 3, 2020, to prevent food safety issues and boost food security all around the world.

Significance – Unsafe or dirty food may lead to several diseases and is also not suitable for your health. Thus, the main aim of this international day is to spread awareness about the importance of food safety across the world which helps in preventing foodborne diseases. This International Day provides an opportunity to strengthen international efforts for food security by lowering the burden of several foodborne diseases. It also encourages individuals to take precautions to prevent foodborne diseases for food safety.