Zakiyya Mustafayeva: 125,000 children die from dangerous, contaminated food every year

Approximately 420,000 people worldwide lose their lives due to the consumption of dangerous or contaminated food every year, Zakiyya Mustafayeva, Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijan Food Safety Agency (AFSA), said at a conference themed "World Food Safety Day: Science in Action."

Report quotes Mustafayeva as saying approximately 600 million people contract foodborne illnesses each year:

"Children under five years of age suffer the most from this danger. They make up 40 percent of those suffering from foodborne diseases. Approximately 125,000 children die from this cause every year."

The deputy chairman emphasized that this is tragic statistics: "This shows that dangerous and contaminated food creates a threat not only to human health but also to economic well-being."