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5 Reasons Why We Should All Care About the Safety of Food


Today, I want to share with you guys why I think Food Safety is important. I’ve been to some interviews lately, and have been asked the reasons why I like food safety. So, I came home and thought about the answer. Here are five main reasons for me to care so much about food safety. Please feel free to share your reasons with me if you have any. 

1. In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, if we got no food to satisfy our physiological needs, how can we achieve the need for self-actualization?

2. We as the oriental say, “Bread is everything.” The ancients put the needs of humans in this sequence:  food, clothing, housing, transportation, education, and recreational activities. Have anyone ever thought of why “food” is at the first of the sequence? If a person can't get enough to eat, will he care about what he's wearing? When you have no food to eat and no clothes to wear, would you care if you had a house to live in? Or perhaps, to even consider getting an education or enjoy recreational activities? 

3. Only after the development of civilization and countries stop having wars, can human beings begin to pay attention to food safety. We need to stay healthy to enjoy life, and it is obvious how much food affects human health. No matter how much a person has, if he/she lost his/her health, what remains? 

4. Why do I think the idea of “prevention over reaction” is important? When we are in need of treatment, we have lost our health. Treatment may or may not cure the disease, however, why risk your health when you still can stay away from illnesses? 

5. Everything in our lives is inextricably linked to food. For example, from toothpaste, cosmetics to diapers, garbage bags, cleaning agents, batteries, fruit-and-vegetable wax, pesticides, cartons and so on, all contain corn as one of the ingredients. While this may not seem to have much to do with food safety, let us look back to the earlier point: If we don't have safe food to eat, would we have the energy to invent anything? Can our civilization continue to progress and improve? Can there be a future of the so-called 5G era coming? Can we still be able to enjoy and use everything that is created?

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