author(s)
Gourab Basak, Barkha Sharma, Singh Parul, Udit Jain, Raghvendra P Mishra and Mukesh K Srivastava

abstract
Access to adequate and safe diet is the elementary human necessity and essential to have a hunger-free world. Unsafe productivity leads to unsafe food, foodborne illness and death. Foodborne illnesses impose a substantial burden on the livelihood, healthcare systems, economy of human and trade and tourism in a broad way. Yet, the full spectrum of such burden has never been quantified on a global basis since foodborne disorders remain unnoticed specially in developing nations like India where improper knowledge, average education, poor hygienic measures catalyse the reaction. Therefore, it is imperative to integrate food safety into government policies and provide necessary interventions to improve nutrition and food security for the common people. Thus a multipronged and multidisciplinary approach involving consumers, public health analysts, industry and policy makers at various levels is needed to ensure food safety at all levels.