INTERVIEW – UNDERSTANDING FOOD SAFETY IN SOUTH AFRICA

 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD FALL ILL AND MANY DIE AS A RESULT OF EATING

UNSAFE FOOD. IN 2000 THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) RECOGNISED
FOOD SAFETY AS AN ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH FUNCTION.
 FOOD CONTROL ENSURING THE SAFETY OF FOOD AND THE BASIC NEEDS OF
COMMUNITIES AND THE RIGHT OF SOUTH AFRICANS TO MAKE INFORMED FOOD
CHOICES WITHOUT BEING MISLED.
 WE ARE JOINED BY PROFESSOR GUNNAR SIGGE WHO IS THE HEAD AND
DEPARTMENTAL CHAIR OF FOOD SCIENCE AT STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY​. HE JOINS US
ON THE LINE…