Ojasvini Naik, who at the age of eight is India’s youngest food safety ambassador and a young girl with both a passion and a mission, who is already a veteran of food safety messaging, this World Food Safety Day released a video message. At just age 6, she learnt through participating with her mother in food safety training for food handlers that children her age carry the burden of foodborne disease with 125 000 deaths per year according to WHO (World Health Organization).

Already the recipient of several awards and recognition from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan (National Mission for Safe Food) for her social contribution, she is a model to inspire us all. This year to celebrate World Food Safety Day, Naik explained in her video message the importance of food safety and described how we can avoid getting sick from food if we follow the five keys to safer food.