Netherlands Expert Receives World Food Prize for Safety Advancements
Lelieveld spent 60 years advancing food safety.
Founded Global Harmonization Initiative in 2004 after 40 years at Unilever.
Unsafe food causes 600M illnesses, 420K deaths annually (WHO).
Replaced 'illogical' chemical preservation methods.
Global Harmonization Initiative uses network of 2000+ scientists.
Lelieveld says 'Don't compete on food safety.'. Challenges in access to safe water persist.
Local water production is a hope, distribution is the main issue.
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