In the past 8 months, it was announced how many people were poisoned by food

Today, September 21, a press conference was held in Aoka by the Committee on sanitary and epidemiological tranquility and Public Health on the topic “work on the Prevention of food poisoning”.

It is reported that in later times there is an increase in the record of Group food poisoning and “botulism” diseases among the population of the Republic associated with the consumption of home-made, low-quality products, including catering centers, weddings, preschool educational organizations.

“In the past 8 months of this year, group poisoning was recorded in 39 cases, in which 414 citizens were injured, 86 of the victims were children,” the conference said.

When analyzing the causes of the origin of the recorded cases of food poisoning:

most catering facilities, non-governmental educational institution kitchens are operating without compliance with the requirements of sanitary regulations and norms (kitchens were not built according to the project, basic and auxiliary workshops were not established, hot water was not provided, etc.k.);
kitchens are not fully equipped and the existing ones are in a spiritually worn or faulty state;
the use of food products for the preparation of the dish is not guaranteed in quality and safety;
the fact that many of the chefs of catering facilities are not trained in the field, they do not know the technologies of cooking, the rules for the storage, transportation and realization of food;
in most cases, it was found that employees who did not attend the” sanitary minimum " training courses, did not know sanitary rules and norms, elementary requirements against the epidemic, did not undergo a medical examination are involved in the work.