Islamabad, June 07, 2022 (PPI-OT):In his message on the World Food Safety Day, Dr Arif Alvi has called for ensuring food safety to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. He said the day is dedicated to taking action to prevent, diagnose, and control foodborne hazards to enhance human health and ensure access to safe food for everyone.

The president urged the people to always eat meals from clean places, maintain good standards of cleanliness, and refrain from wasting food. He termed food safety a part of Sustainable Development Goals which called for actions to end hunger, improve nutrition, promote sustainable agriculture and achieve food security.

He said the government should foster multispectral collaboration to adopt food safety standards, launch public support programmes by focusing on healthy and safe food and introduce strong policies in this regard. He called upon the food manufacturing companies to follow food safety commitments, promote food safety culture and comply with international and national food standards.

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