FOOD SAFETY, A MATTER TO US ALL

This paper presents the research and information gathered in time about food safety. The term of food safety is relatively a new one, emerged more intensively in the last century. Food safety is conditioned by multiple factors like climate changes, food availability, public and national health, industry, economy. Even though it may seem it concerns food, food safety includes many more aspects. It aims to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agriculture, market access, tourism and sustainable development. Food safety should concern every human, institution or decision maker.