Safe food must be planned and not left to chance, for the consumer, food safety begins in the marketplace. All cooperative efforts made by states and the U.S. department of agriculture to make available a clean safe wholesome food supply will be in vain. Unless the consumer take certain precautions to keep it that way. The precautions to be taken by the consumer includes care in buying storing handling and cooking food. Shop for groceries last after all other errands has been run. Taking foods home immediately and don’t leave them unattended for a long period of time. Sufficient light in grocery stores are necessary to enables you to adequate view foods four proper selection. Store personnel should make sure that foods are replaced frequently in order to keep it as fresh as possible. Under no circumstances buy swollen or leaking cans the food in a swollen or leaking can may be dangerous to eat or even to taste. Asking the checkout clerk to bag cold foods together so that they keep cold longer; interspersed with room-temperature foods, they may warm up quickly.