ISLAMABAD: Medical experts called for a strategy to fulfil safety standards to ensure quality food and stressed the need to create awareness among the masses on the issue.
Senior Consultant and Physician Dr Ziaullah Khan said people get sick due to food contaminated with viruses, parasites, chemicals and toxins, adding, awareness about food safety measures needed special attention of the academia, experts, civil society and policy makers.
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He explained that food-borne diseases cause short-term to long term illness like diarrhoea, cancer, liver, kidney failure and even death.
"Food safety is a shared responsibility. We can enact policy and raise awareness, but the public should report suspect food. We would like consumers to observe hygiene and proper cooking," he added.
The chicken served at some popular fast food cafes could also be laced with a toxic cocktail of bacteria and in some cases, chemicals that could cause cancer, he mentioned.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 3rd, 2019.
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