More than 1.5 million people die and 860 million fall ill from unsafe food, the WHO warns

More than 860 million people fall ill and 1.5 million die worldwide every year due to unsafe food, the World Health Organization has warned.

In a new report published ahead of World Food Safety Day on 7 June, the WHO estimates that millions of people across the world suffer severe health consequences as a result of contaminated or poorly handled food.