Because the food system across most of Africa is largely informal and unregulated, pinpointing the source of food illness, critical to its eradication, is challenging. The Ministry of Health is developing a functional food safety system that incentivises companies to deliver safer food and regulates those who don't deliver standard food products. But Ethiopia, and countries like it, won't conquer the complex food safety challenges that come with informal food systems until everyday consumers are empowered to become the first line of defence against unsafe food. But before this power can be unlocked citizens need a crash course in food safety. The result was that the European Union's food safety system was completely overhauled to win back trust.

Source: Ethiopian News June 07, 2019 14:48 UTC