Each year, over 8 million people in the United States become ill because of food that they have eaten. Unfortunately, people often die from these illnesses. The most common problem in our foods is germs - primarily bacteria. When we eat food containing bacteria, they can grow inside our body and make us sick.
Toxins are another problem.
They collect in food, and make us sick when we eat the food. Food safety is simply the methods we use to prevent illnesses caused by food. A lot of food safety methods are just common sense. Washing your hands before handling food, and storing food properly, and cooking food completely are just three things we can do to prevent food-borne illness. Veterinary medicine has an important place in food safety.