The term innocuous refers to an object or person that is not capable of causing harm or arouse interest in the community. It was used much more in earlier times, but this gradually declined over the years and became an almost exclusive word in the medical and health fields. Sometimes it is written with an extra letter "n", leaving it as "innocuous"; This was a custom that arose from the inclusion of the word in Castilian, as a way of maintaining its etymological origin. It comes from "innocuus", a Latin word that comes from terms such as nocere, noceo, nocitum and nocui, related to words such as harmful or harmful, in addition to the prefix "in", used as a negation.
Based on its meaning, in the field of health, it is used as an adjective given to products or foods that would not cause any type of harmful effect on humans. For food, is used more often the "safety", present in the substantive ISO 22000, which aims to improve level worldwide chain of food supplies and generate harmony in the laws governing the herself. It is of utmost importance that the quality of food products and regular human consumption is constantly evaluated, to avoid accidents during their use.
In pharmacology, safety refers to the non- toxicity of a drug or preparation with curative properties. However, unlike food, in this area it is much more related to the effects that an incorrectly prescribed drug can cause on an individual. Still, drugs are put through strict quality control.
