Food and nutrition is the most basic need of humanity and even with the unparalleled advances in science and technology that we are witnessing, there are still populations in the world that lack this most important requirement for survival. This is also the aspect that we see the most disparity in and has the most far and long reaching problems. It influences and effects diverse issues like health care, health economics, childhood development, malnutrition, productivity, food safety, food borne diseases, residual contamination in food products, consumer protection etc.