Food Security

What is food security?

People are considered food secure when they have availability and adequate access at all times to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life. Food security analysts look at the combination of the following three main elements:

Why pursue a career in Food Safety and Security?

Almost 1 in 10 people in the world – fall ill after eating contaminated food

125 000 children under 5 years old die every year

Every 10 seconds, a child dies from hunger.

Hunger kills more people each year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.