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FOOD POISONING
by:
Nurul Syazwani Aqilah
Muhamad Azmi
Madihah Mohamad
What is food poisoning??
• any illness resulting from the consumption of food
• There are two types of food poisoning: food infection
and food intoxication.
1) Food infection refers to the presence of bacteria or other
microbes which infect the body after consumption.
2) Food intoxication refers to the ingestion of toxins contained
within the food, including bacterially produced exotoxins,
which can happen even when the microbe that produced the
toxin is no longer present or able to cause infection
• In Malaysia, this phenomenon usually occur among
pupils and students who eat food at the
schools’ canteen
• This is due to irresponsible act of the canteen
management that often neglect
proper
handling of food.
• In Negeri Sembilan (one of the states in Malaysia)
1024 cases has been reported from Jan. –
Oct. this year.
Causes
• improper handling, preparation, or food storage.
• large variety of toxins that affect the environment
• chemicals
• pesticides or medicines in food and naturally toxic
substances like poisonous mushrooms.
• Food that has been exposed to environment with
temperature 30 degree Celcius
1) The main Bacterium
• Campylobacter bacteria
• Found in raw chicken and
meat and also in
unpasteurised milk
• Vomitting, diarrhea, fever,
blood in stool
• Symptoms appear after 2-5 days after
consumption of the food
2) Other bacteria
a) Escherichia coli
b) bacillus cereus
c) vibro cholera
d) Yersinia enterocolitica
e) Listeria monocytogenes
f) Shigella sp
g) Staphylococcus aureus
h) Salmonella
Examples of food in Malaysia
that prone to food poisoning
• Milk and dairy products such as cheese
• Coconut-milk-based food like nasi lemak
• Bread and traditional Malay kuih
• Raw meat or chicken
Symptoms
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Nausea
Abdominal pain
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Gastroenteritis
Fever
Headache
Fatigue
Treatment
• The main treatment for food poisoning is
putting fluids back in the body (rehydration)
through an IV and by drinking.
• Do not eat solid food while
nauseous or vomiting but
drink plenty of fluids.
• Anti-vomiting and diarrhea
medications
Prevention
• Proper handling, preparation
and food storage
• Practice good hygiene like washing hands
before eating and preparing food or properly
wash the knife or cooking utensils before and
after using them
• Do not expose the food-cover them properly
• Eat well-cooked food (salmonella can be killed in
high temperature)
Acknowledgement
• http://www.bharian.com.my/Current_News/BH/r?bodytext=statistik+k
eracunan+makanan
• http://www.emedicinehealth.com/food_poisoning/page6_em.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=camphylobacter
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._coli
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_contaminants
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_poisoning
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foodborne_illness
• http://www.myhealth.gov.my/myhealth/bm/dewasa_content.jsp?lang
=dewasa&storyid=1155037613709&storymaster=1155036117659
• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Foodpoisoning/Pages/Introduction.aspx?r=1&rtitle=Food+poisoning++Introduction
• http://www.prn2.usm.my/mainsite/bulletin/racun/1995/makanan.html