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.
The inspection of milk and meats can certainly be done by veterinarians, but more than that, veterinarians perform much of the research that tells us how food-borne illness is spread, and how to prevent it. Follow the arrows to see some of the dangers in our food, and some common sense methods for preventing illness. A Manager's Tool Kit. FCS 296 1996. U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Consumer Service.