Northampton Borough Council shares food safety tips as part of World Health Organisation campaign

A World Health Organisation campaign to make the most of food and reduce waste is being backed by Northampton Borough Council as people spend more time at home.

The council is sharing tips from its food and safety officers in order to support the campaign ahead of World Food Safety Day on Sunday (June 7).

With the theme 'food safety, everyone’s business', the campaign promotes global food safety awareness and calls upon everyone in the supply chain to take action to ensure food is safe and not damaging to health.

Councillor Mike Hallam, cabinet member for environment, said: "In the current circumstances more of us are cooking from scratch, having dinner parties online, and eating more family meals together, this World Food Safety Day we want to help everyone make the most of the contents of their cupboards and fridges in a safe way.

“We hope that more residents will be able to make informed and safe food decisions as food is essential for health and it is important that what we eat remains safe.”

With more people cooking and eating at home, the council wants to help residents to make the most of their food at home in a safe way and reduce food waste.

Food and safety officers are advising people to read the storage instructions on the label, as some high-risk food must be consumed within two days, as well as checking use-by dates on surplus food and freeze excess food rather than wasting it.

Peter Quigley, head of chemical safety policy at the Food Standards Agency (FSA), added: "Food safety is everyone’s business.

“As part of my role, I answer all sorts of questions about food safety, so we’ve pulled together some of the ones we get asked most frequently.

“We hope that our home food facts, help you to avoid throwing away good food unnecessarily."

The FSA’s regularly asked food safety questions can be found here.

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