How to get escaped file description from node? I enabled file description for node and I want to display descriptions close to the download links.
I would like the description be secure. I tried 

$items = field_get_items('node', $node, 'field_files');
foreach ($items as $item) {
  echo $item['description'];
}


but there is html code parsed.

I can use just check_plain() function on the description, but is there any way to do it better?
As stated in the comments to official documentation:


  It is worth noting that field_get_items() returns raw values the use of which can be a security risk. Passing the raw values through field_view_value() handles the sanitizing of the values.


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