Biography
Biography: Bulbin Jos
Abstract
A safe and nutritious food supply is a vital component of food security. Ensuring food quality and food safety is equally signifi cant for the welfare of an individual, a community and a nation. Many human illnesses are food-related. Nutritional status and economic well-being are aff ected by food carrying pathogenic organisms and their toxins and by poisonous chemicals. Unsafe food, whether arising from poor quality supplies or inadequate treatment and preparation, increases the risk of foodborne infections such as diarrhea. Th ese infections have a much higher impact on populations of poor nutritional status, where diarrhea can easily lead to serious illness and death. Food safety in hospitals is described as the scientifi c way by which food is prepared, handled and stored in hospital settings. Any food that is prepared in hospital kitchens are like food prepared in other places such as canteens, hotels and restaurants and even homes, sourced from outside. Th is food comes from suppliers whose hygiene has to be ensured. Food hazards can come in many forms, including, but not limited to biological, chemical, physical, and allergenic hazards. Indeed, poor nutrition and foodborne disease oft en join hands in a vicious cycle of worsening health. For example, poor nutritional status weakens resistance against diarrhea, which in turn, leads to the uptake of fewer nutrients and poorer nutritional status.