Food Standards and Quality Control

Food Standard and Quality Control

Lesson 01 : Food Quality

Introduction

Food plays an important role in human life. The primary goal of eating and drinking is to enable the body to function normally. "We are what we eat" is an old proverb. Access to good quality food has been man's endeavor from the earliest of human existence. We always look forward to the quality of food to assure its safety as its basic requirement. Seeking safe food is a basic human right.

• The availability of safe food greatly contributes to the health of the human beings. It contributes to the productivity and to the countries development.
• Foods prepared and consumed at family level has assured safety to some extent. Due to industrialisation the habit of eating out of home in canteens and hotels has been necessitated. Hence there is a need for quality control regulation and standards in all the commercial food outlets.