title: Food safety in primary health care.
abstract: Efforts to ensure food safety through legislation have been only partially successful, and the prevalence of foodborne disease is increasing in most countries. Health education on a large scale is needed to raise the level of public awareness of the factors leading to the spread of these diseases. The best way to do this is through the primary health care system, basing activities on both scientific knowledge and local food-related customs and behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Division of Food and Nutrition, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdussalam
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Käferstein
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D014944:World Health Organization