Hi lovelies! It's another moment @scifimultiverse and I'm glad to be sharing my view on the topic, "Food Safety". Yes, permit me to define food safety as the state of handling , processing, storing, preparing and consuming food in an healthy way.
The term food safety is a concept that should be taken with all seriousness. It ranges from maintaining personal hygiene like washing of hands, processing of food in a neat and clean environment,
proper cooking, proper storage to eating the right proportion of food. Of course, you may not understand food safety if you haven't experienced food poisoning, but you don't have to experience food poisoning to practice food safety.
We have food poisoning when we consume already contaminated food. It doesn't however has to be expired food. It might be food that was not well cooked or processed. Sometime ago, I attended a birthday where there was abundance of food. All I even had at the birthday was not more than coleslaw. Everyone was happy and we returned to our respective homes after the party, but the unexpected struck in the midnight. I started having stomach upset and vomited countless times. I was rushed to the hospital, admitted for four days and spent a whole lots of money. When I asked the doctor after all, he said it was food poisoning. I knew I didn't eat much but the food had been contaminated somehow. It was my first time of hearing such term, "food poisoning". Since then, I don't joke with food safety.
Also, the use of rotten food item such as rotten pepper, rotten tomatoes, rotten eggs in preparing our food can be suicidal. I wonder how people in my place rushed to buy rotten pepper, ignoring the fresh one. So, I discovered it was because the rotten is always cheaper and much in quantity, but some people don't mind because of lack of money. This can be injurious to our health. In maintaining food safety, we should go for the fresh and health items, no matter how costly they may seem. We can have it proper but little. At times we eventually spend more than what we are trying to safe when sickness comes.
Also, eating more than necessary could be food abuse. Food safety includes consumption of the right proportion of food. we don't practice food safety when we overfed or underfed and land in the hospital. We should also be mindful of our food storage system. Perishables should not be wrapped in nylon or hidden place. The heat can spoil them.It is also important than we always check the expiry date of food items before consumption.
Above all, there should be limit to how we eat outside. While we have full control over what we cook at home, we don't have such over what someone else cooked. Though eating outside maybe inevitable, we should be cautious and ensure food safety always.
Thanks for reading
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