[HIGHLIGHTS] On World Food Safety Day. 1.6 million people get sick every day due to unsafe food

World Food Safety Day 2023 draws attention to food standards. 1.6 million people fall ill in an average of one day due to unsafe food.

340 children under the age of five die every day on average from preventable foodborne diseases. Every year, more than 600 million people become ill and 420,<> die from eating contaminated food, while these deaths are preventable. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are co-facilitating the celebration.