Food Safety
Food
safety includes the guidelines for
handling, cooking, and preservation of food to prevent foodborne illnesses
caused by microbes such as fungi, bacteria, parasites, and viruses. Food safety
is important to prevent food
poisoning, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach
aches, muscle aches, and many more. This is what makes food safety important as
it assures that the food is safe throughout the food chain from preparation,
distribution, storage and harvesting.
Food safety refers to the absence, or safe acceptable levels, of hazards in
food that may harm the health of consumers.
As food is a medium for growth of microorganisms it has to stored and packed
properly to avoid entry of pathogens.
The final products of food samples are tested for the presence of microbes,
flavor, color, and any physical-chemical changes. If the final products pass the
entire test and has foreign substances within acceptable limits, required shelf
life it gets approved for distribution among the consumers.
Edelweiss Journal of Food Science and Technology publishes articles related to food science and technology and cover various topics such as nutrition, health, dietetics, clinical nutrition and many more. Food Safety articles can be research, review or Case reports. All of these types of manuscripts are welcomed to publish in the Edelweiss Journal of Food Science and Technology. This Journal is running by Edelweiss publications with eminent editors for peer review process.