Food safety is a scientific discipline describing the handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness. This includes a number of routines that should be followed to avoid potentially severe health hazards. Food can transmit disease from person to person as well as serve as a growth medium for bacteria that can cause food poisoning. In developed countries there are intricate standards for food preparation, whereas in lesser developed countries the main issue is simply the availability of adequate safe water, which is usually a critical item.

In a interesting, almost science fiction scenario, engineers have begun the cool down process for a storage facility that houses seeds of key food crops, built deep inside a mountain in Norway. The final temperature will be stabilized at zero degrees Fahrenheit, where the seeds could be sustainable for 1,000 years.

A healthy and varied kid lunch box starts with having the essentials on hand. This includes a quality unbreakable thermos (for keeping foods either hot or cold), a thermal lunch bag (to preserve freshness), a freezer pack (to maintain a cool temperature), some plastic cutlery, a reusable drink box and an assortment of storage containers with...

He was a boxer (quite a good one, actually), then he was a showman, then he made grills. Now, he has lent his name to the iGrill, which serves as a storage device, food information despository, and temperature sensor.