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Today we celebrate World Food Safety Day for the first time. I welcome the fact that every year, on June 7, the world’s attention will be drawn to the crucial role that food safety plays in our daily lives and to its importance in achieving the UNCrucial role of food safety - Bernhard Url
Today we celebrate World Food Safety Day for the first time. I welcome the fact that every year, on June 7, the world’s attention will be drawn to the crucial role that food safety plays in our daily lives and to its importance in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In Europe, we largely assume that our food is safe. A Eurobarometer survey published today by the European Food Safety Authority finds that for four out of five EU citizens safety is not the top concern when it comes to food. We should celebrate this. Huge progress has been made and important rules, standards and hygiene practices have been agreed that give the large majority of Europeans confidence in the food that they find on their plates. Food safety is also fundamental to the size and success of the EU’s food sector and export market. Global demand for food produced in the EU is not just thanks to our long-standing traditions and heritage, although these factors are important. We trade food globally because it is safe and is recognised as such by our commercial partners. Yet we must not be complacent. The UN estimates that 420,000 people die every year from eating contaminated food in... Read more
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