Occurrence of many food pathogens in variety of foods is conventional in Pakistan. Accurate estimation of foodborne illness in Pakistan is difficult to make because of lack of people knowledge, monitoring system, infection control and surveillance. The present study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, practices and perception of general public about food and food safety found in Pakistan and estimation of foodborne illness. There has been no research study found in this field in Pakistan.Lack of food safety knowledge, attitude and practices of general public are associated with food poisoning and foodborne illness.Datawas collected through questionnaire Performa’s present in hard copy filled by interviews.Convenient based samples were collected from general public of city Lahore. A sample size of 1000 was collected. Targeted respondents were members of aged 18 or above who were at least 2 years resident of Lahore city. Datawas collected from all 9 towns of city Lahore.Microsoft Excel 2010 and SPSS window version 22.0 was used to analyze the data. Significance level was set at p-value <0.05 for analyses involving the test of significance. Chi square test of association was used to compare two variables.Our study shows results that demographic characteristics have antagonistic effects on foodborne illness such as education level and income but education level impacts the overall knowledge about food safety and its related practices among consumers. Results reflect that source of water, outdoor food and meat products are the major cause of foodborne illness in city Lahore. Our research showed association between drinking water & suffer in foodborne illness, p-value is lesser than α i.e. 0.000 < 0.05 which shows the results were significant. Similarly, significant relationship has been observed between suffer in foodborne illness and outdoor food, p-value is smaller than α such as 0.000 < 0.05. Evidently, results showed association between food commodity and foodborne illness, p-value is smaller than α such as 0.000 < 0.05 which shows the results were significant.Water is mainly used for drinking, cooking, washing and rinsing of dishes. We should improve our water supply system so sewage water and other hazardous chemicals not mix with drinking water. On the other hand we should improve hygiene conditions of our outdoor localities/restaurants services; we should buy food only from certified food facilities, also give proper training/education to food handlers, food manufacturers and food retailers to avoid risk of foodborne illness because food safety is a shared responsibility. Outbreak investigations and case-control studies of periodic cases can identify sources of infection and guide the development of specific prevention strategies. Henceforward we should improve our slaughtering techniques, animal husbandry techniques, meat storage and transportation techniques to eliminate the risk of salmonella, campylobacter and E.coli, also prevention of foodborne disease will increasingly depend on controlling contamination of feed and water consumed by the animals themselves. Foodborne illness of microbial origin is the most serious food safety problem..These data suggest a critical need for action that is focused on preventing disease transmission within the food service industry. Clinicians should report all suspected foodborne disease to public health authorities to ensure appropriate epidemiologic investigation.The results of the proposed study have provided a baseline data on food safety status in Pakistan and general public’s perception about food found in Pakistan. General public observations about Foodborne illness, health education, personal hygiene, environmental hygiene and food safety, all data helped to estimate foodborne illness in Lahore city by identifying which factor has influenced more on food safety and caused foodborne illness.