Noting that scant attention is being paid to food safety in
general and child nutrition in particular, the Indian Medical Association (IMA)
has called for reversing this alarming situation and suggested that good quality
and affordability are the key requirements to an ideal food culture. The IMA,
Kerala Chapter made the observation in its Food Policy Document 2015 that will
be released by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Health Minister V S Sivakumar
on World Health Day, which falls on Tuesday.
The IMA has come out with a food policy document with the theme
of World Health Day 2015 being 'food safety'. In its in its guidelines on Safe
and Healthy Food, the IMA said that every one including the authorities, organisations and citizens have to be aware about
safe and healthy food and that it should never be a reason for disease.
The IMA under 27 different heads has highlighted the importance
of taking a wholesome food that provide adequate calories and nutrients. It stresses
that good quality and affordability are the key requirements to an ideal food
culture.
Source: The Newindian express
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