Food Safety refers to handling, preparing and storing food in a way to best reduce the risk of individuals becoming sick from foodborne illnesses. This includes a number of routines that should be followed to avoid potential health hazards. The principles of food safety aim to prevent food from becoming contaminated thus causing food poisoning to the consumers.

In this weekly article, we examine food safety aspects of food that is consumed on a daily basis and the risks posed by cross contamination and where BAF’s intervention required to safe guard, regulate, inspect and certify food for export.