Literature Review Linking Food Safety and Nutrition


This EatSafe report provides an overview of cross-pathways linking food safety, foodborne illness, nutrition, and their shared impacts on health. The review highlights research gaps and opportunities for intervention, focusing on the health implications of food safety on nutrition-relevant outcomes. In this context, food safety includes acute and long-term physiological impacts. Health-related nutrition outcomes considered include gut health, nutrient absorption, growth, and development outcomes, as well as outcomes related to metabolic and perinatal development. 
 

This report has been adapted into an infographic.