The World Health Organization (WHO) issued five recommendations for proper preparation of food. The guidelines are designed to prevent diseases and save thousands of lives.
Every day, millions of people become ill and thousands die from food borne diseases that are preventable.
The indications proposed by the agency are simple: clean food, separate raw and cooked (even avoid using the same utensils to handle each other), cook thoroughly, keep food at safe temperatures without breaking the cold chain conservation, use clean water and safe raw materials.
The rules were prepared by the Department of Food Safety, Zoo noses and Food borne Diseases of WHO and this initiative is part of the overall strategy of the organization to reduce the incidence of food borne diseases.
To achieve this goal, we identified the need to communicate simple messages to the entire planet, to educate all those who handle and manage food-related issues, including the consumers.
The five rules were printed on a poster, translated into several languages, and the poster will be distributed along with other informational materials, to provide easily usable tools different countries and adaptable to different audiences, are they children, adults and workers in food.
In the manual presentation of the material, the WHO said more than 200 diseases are transmitted to people through food.
The document includes recommendations for people with certain illnesses do not handle food until 48 hours after the disappearance of the symptoms of the disease, as well as instructions for the sacrifice of animals is carried out according to health standards.
