In Pics: World Food Safety Day

A girl shows traditional food during celebrations of Nauryz festival in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan, March 19, 2021. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

June 7 marks World Food Safety Day. Access to sufficient amounts of safe food is key to sustaining life and promoting good health. On World Food Safety Day, let's seize the occasion to strengthen efforts to ensure that the food we eat is safe and reduce the burden of foodborne diseases globally. Everyone has a role to play in keeping food safe!

A staff member of a hot pot restaurant prepares takeout food in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Feb. 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

A vendor sells fruits at the Lao Food Festival in Vientiane, Laos, Feb. 26, 2021. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

  

A chef of a food stall cooks during the 20th Macao Food Festival at Sai Van Lake Square in Macao, south China, Nov. 13, 2020. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

                                                                     

Mooncake with salted egg yolk is seen at Saikoh-shinkan, a restaurant of Saikoh food group in Yokohama, Japan on Sept. 30, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)

                                                                     

Combo photo taken on June 25, 2020 shows Zongzi, a sticky rice dumpling wrapped up with bamboo or reed leaves, in Hepu County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

                                                                     

Visitors select food in the 19th Macao Food Festival at Sai Van Lake Square in Macao, south China, Nov. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

                                                                     

Vegan burgers are seen during the Vegan Food Festival in Warsaw, Poland, on March 24, 2019. (Xinhua/Jaap Arriens)

                                                                    

People prepare traditional Korean food Bibimbap during the Korean Festival held in Carrollton, a suburban city of Dallas, Texas, the United States, on Nov. 16, 2019. (Photo by Dan Tian/Xinhua)

（Source: Xinhua)