The steps a government can take to enhance food safety includes:

• Implement a Robust Inspection System: One of the most important duties of every government is to safeguard public health by ensuring food safety.

1. Frequent Inspections: To guarantee adherence to food safety regulations, conduct routine inspections of farms, processing facilities, distribution hubs, and retail stores.
2. Risk-Based strategy: To efficiently allocate resources and prioritize inspections, use a risk-based strategy.

• Increase Public Awareness and Education:

1. Customer Education: Run public awareness programs to inform customers about safe food handling, storage, and preparation techniques.
2. School Programs: Include instruction on food safety in the curriculum to help students develop good habits at a young age.

• Enhance Food Testing and Research:

1. Invest in modernizing food testing laboratories to detect contaminants and pathogens, and support research on food safety to develop new methods for detecting and preventing illnesses, including genetic engineering to make crops pest-resistant.

• Prepare for and Respond to Food Safety Emergencies:

1. Develop and maintain an emergency response plan for foodborne illness outbreaks, tracing contamination sources, notifying public, and taking corrective actions, regularly updating plans and establishing rapid response teams.

• Integrated Food Safety System:

1. Develop an integrated food safety system that involves all stakeholders, including government agencies, industry, and consumers, to create a cohesive approach to food safety.

• Technology and Innovation:

1. Encourage the use of technology and innovation in food safety, such as blockchain for traceability, artificial intelligence for predictive analytics, and mobile apps for reporting and information dissemination.