Food poisoning
Introduction:
Food poisoning is an acute gastroenteritis caused by eating food materials or potion that pathogens or their toxins or toxic poisoning chemicals.Food in hostels, hotels, restaurants, and festivel seasons.
Groups of people will be affected, with similar symptoms, as well as the history of the consumption of food up to several hours.
Types of Food Poisoning
1) bacterial food poisoning:
In this case, micro-organisms called bacteria responsible.The products may contain material or toxins, bacteria pathogens, and in the food.
2) No bacterial food poisoning:
In the presence of toxic chemicals such as fertilizers, insectisides, heavy metals and others.
Since bacterial food poisoning is common that here.
Bacterial food poisoning:
All bacteria, not harmful.There some pathogenic bacteria, the emission of toxins and cause clinical manifestations.These organisms in the human body through food and beverages.
As food poisoning happened:
1) The presence of bacteria in the water.
2) raw materials for food May Toxins included.
3) premises where food is prepared May contain pathogens or toxins.
4) Food handlers May, some infectious diseases.
5) Some animals, like dogs, rats can contaminate food.
6) In case of prepared foods at room temperature for a long time and heated again could be a chance for the food poisoning.
7) For the purposes of mixing certain toxins in food.
Some common bacterial food poisoning.
1) Salmonella food poisoning:
There are three different kinds of salmonella bacteria. (Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella SUIS cholera, Salmonella enteritidis) These bacteria are in milk, milk products and eggs. The symptoms of food poisoning include nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Fever is also common.
2) botulism:
This kind of dangerous food poisoning by Clostridium botulinum. Disputes of these bodies are treated on the ground and in the human body through pickles and canned fish to other food poisoning ect.Compared here, vomiting and diarrhea are rare, especially nervous system symptoms affected.The begins with a double vision, numbness of weakness. Later, there will be paralysis with cardiac and respiratory arrest, ends with death.
3) toxin food poisoning:
This is due to staphylo COCCUS aureus. These organisms usually cause skin diseases such as boils and causes eruptions.It cow.Through mastitis in milk and dairy products that Enders and gastroenteritis.There causes vomiting, cramps to diarrhea.
4) Closteridium food poisoning:
This is due closteridium perfringens.They in feces, soil and water. You enter the body through, meat, meat and egg dishes ect.If foods are cooked and at room temperature for a long time and then heated to eat these foods can cause poisoning.Symptoms including vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain, cramps.
5) Bacillus cereus:
Disputes these organisms can survive cooking and causes enteritis. Diarrhea and vomiting are in this disease.
As an investigation of food poisoning?
1) to explore each affected person.
2) The water sample tested.
3) for the kitchen, storage and food samples to be analyzed.
4) The chef and food deal should be questioned and investigated.
5) samples of vomit and stool all victims should be tested for bacteria.
How do I avoid food poisoning: —
1) Only purified water used.
2) hygiene should be maintained for all people, maintaining contact with food.
3) Employees must masks, gloves and hat during the preparation and serving.
4) Sick people should not come into contact with food products.
5) and the local cuisine must be accurate and clean.
5) dishes should be washed with soap and warm water.
6) If you do not feed the remains ready for a long time at room temperature.
7) All materials for food must be stored in locked containers.
8) animals such as dog, cat, rat project should not come into contact with food products.
9) vegetables should be washed before cooking.
10) The meat must be fresh and must be purchased from approved slaughter house.
