Food safety is a scientific discipline describing the handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness. This includes a number of routines that should be followed to avoid potentially severe health hazards. Food can transmit disease from person to person as well as serve as a growth medium for bacteria that can cause food poisoning. In developed countries there are intricate standards for food preparation, whereas in lesser developed countries the main issue is simply the availability of adequate safe water, which is usually a critical item.

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The US food safety authority (FDA) approved meat and milk from cloned animals, clearing the way for them one day to appear in shops despite opposition on ethical and health grounds.

Meat and milk from cloned animals pose no special health risks, a draft report by the European Food Safety Agency issued on Friday concluded, a first step toward the eventual sale of such products within the European Union.

Meat and milk from cloned animals seem to pose no special health risks, said a report released by the European Food Safety Agency. It was a first step toward the eventual sale of such products within the European Union.

India would receive technical assistance from the United States in developing a Centre for Food and Drug Administration, aimed at assuring the safety of medicines and vaccines produced in the country, US Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O Leavitt said today.