Abstract
Since the world summit held in 1996, the People ’s Republic of China has been on an upward trend moving towards securing the food banks for its growing population. It has managed to improve its economic and agricultural output in the recent years due to improvised and innovative means that have caught the eye of most analysts as being important in this day and age. This research paper looks at the issue of food security especially in affluent countries. Food safety is defined as the prerequisite needed by a nation to preserve food for longer periods of time without having to throw it away due to mishandling, storage as well as infected food. The government must look for ways within which food presented to the public will be stored, handled and prepared in manner that is unlikely to present health risks to the public as a whole. This paper is seeking to look for ways within which such standards can be upheld. There will also be a look at the government responses and the policies that have been put in place to counter diseases and such resultant cases of food-borne diseases. This will be all analyzed through methodologies that have been certified as effective by leading agricultural professionals who estimate the growth of any republic to be pegged on its ability to fend for its citizens at any given time as well as provide safe foods for consumption to its citizens.
Key words: food safety, genetically modified foods; climate change; food poisoning; food storage; poverty alleviation
Introduction
At times, one may sit down and wonder whether affluent countries really appreciate the concept of food safety in their countries. It is human for one to forget problems when in the midst of plenty. This tendency is worse when no one tends to remember the afflictions millions of impoverished people in many parts of the world and what they undergo during these