Friday, July 31, 2015

Poisonous Attack


Image Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/2015/07/12/1476213/doh-food-poisoning-outbreak-caraga




It first started with a simple chewing gum and then followed by some spoiled siopao and Durian candies, then again followed by Macapuno candies and Binalot, and then with Leche Puto, ice candies and cupcakes. Food poisoning in the Philippines is no joke right now, it happens so often that it seems to be an air-borne kind of disease that affects hundreds of Filipinos nationwide.

Food Poisoning is an illness caused by eating contaminated food. In most cases, the food eaten by the victim was either contaminated by bacteria, such as Salmonella or Escherichia coli (E. coli). It could also be cause by a virus such as Norovirus. Food poisoning at many times is neglected and neglecting it can cause serious harm on the person that was food poisoned.

Just like with the cases of food poisoning here in the country, particularly in CARAGA Region on which DOH-Caraga Regional Director Jose Llacuna Jr declared a “Regional Food Poisoning Outbreak”, a number of more or less 1,925 people-mostly students felt ill after eating fruit flavoured candies, sold or given to them by walk-in vendors. Not long before this issue, was the news about food poisoning in Guelew Integrated School San Carlos city, Pangasinan, where more than 100 students were reported to be hospitalized after eating chewing gum. According to the reporter the gum was made in China and has already expired. These cases were soon followed by some more food poisoning reports.

Well you can’t really trust everybody in this world; you can’t even trust the food that you eat. You might be clean enough but does the food or the material used in preparing the food that you’ll eat was clean? Or are you sure that the person who sells the food was hygienic enough?









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