Question

(1) Read the following headline and write a newspaper report based on it. Food Poisoning affects 20​

Answer 1

Explanation:

At least 20 people fall ill due to food poisoning in New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express on Sunday.

Food safety..

Access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food is key to sustaining life and promoting good health.Unsafe food containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances, causes more than 200 diseases – ranging from diarrhoea to cancers.An estimated 600 million – almost 1 in 10 people in the world – fall ill after eating contaminated food and 420 000 die every year, resulting in the loss of 33 million healthy life years (DALYs).US$110 billion is lost each year in productivity and medical expenses resulting from unsafe food in low- and middle-income countries.Children under 5 years of age carry 40% of the foodborne disease burden, with 125 000 deaths every year.Diarrhoeal diseases are the most common illnesses resulting from the consumption of contaminated food, causing 550 million people to fall ill and 230 000 deaths every year.