The food security recently has gained more importance because of the increasing population, climate change, human health, resource management, and sustainability. Agricultural production and food have strategic importance in order to maintain nutrition – the basic staple of human beings. Many factors such as the appropriate level of food supply, safe production of foods, an equal share of produced food are related to food security and safety. Bakery, pasta, and biscuit sector that have crucial importance in human nutrition have great importance in food security. In addition to many institutions and organizations in this field, non-governmental organizations have been fighting effectively.

Food safety approach is one of the systems that should be applied in every country in order to ensure the welfare of society in terms of health and economy. Fundamental changes in the food production and consumption with the urbanization and changes of the food resources have caused an increase in the food supply and led new threats or increased the current severity of danger. Because of fundamental changes in the food processing, production, delivery, and consumption, customers cannot be so sure about the safety of food items they consume and pay more attention to the problem of food sources.

It is estimated that the world’s population will reach 10 billion by 2050 and that the largest portion of this increase will be realized in less developed and developing countries. Such population increase and urbanization require new approaches in food safety and systems. Development of plant and animal production and propagation and cultivation techniques, taking under control and prevention of loss before and after harvest, effective food processing, and distribution systems, and innovations like development of new technologies make it stronger to supply foods for the consumption in order to feed people.

In line with the objective of healthy, reliable and achievable food, sustainability in food systems is an issue that concerns all stakeholders. For sustainable food supply and consumption, all sectors should their bid from customers’ behavior to transparent and responsible supply chain, from circular economy to Industry 4.0, from packaging to food waste, from retail to digitization, from the artificial intelligence to innovation. If managers want the production to be in line with hygiene standards and their products to be safe, they need to establish the Food Safety Control System and make sure its sustainability.

Agricultural production and food production, which are directly related to human health, environment, and economy, are among the main fields of activity of countries and various international organizations. The whole world sets various strategies in the field of food security and safety and integrates food security and safety into its regulations and policies. Food safety and security are threatened by the combination of many problems that are experienced today. Measures to be taken with various collaborations in the global sense are essential for ensuring food security and safety. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to reach adequate, healthy, and safe food, and various diseases and hunger will spread rapidly.

Food security and safety have great importance as they are linked to environmental health and the supply of food. Notions of the food security and safety have gained prominence in studies at the world because of many factors like the supply-demand balance, fluctuations in producer and consumer prices, possible effects of climate change, increased concerns about health and the environment, improvement of changing production conditions, and changes in human diet globally. In this context, countries have been reforming their agricultural policy instruments.

• Bühler calls on industry to act now for a sustainable future Bühler Networking Days, which took place in Uzwil, Switzerland in the end of August, brought 800 industry professionals, scientists and experts from over 80 countries together for a more sustainable future. In the gathering, where 500 companies feeding 4 billion people were represented, sustainable production systems were discussed to be able to feed increasing world population. The event provided numerous intra-industry and inter-industries networking opportunities. “Now, our aim is to reduce energy requirements, water consumption, and waste by 50% in our future solutions”, Bühler CEO Stefan Scheiber said. [button color="red" size="small" link="http://www.magazinebbm.com/english/buhler-calls-on-industry-to-act-now-for-a-sustainable-future/.html" icon="" target="true"]More...[/button]
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