PROBABLE FOOD POISONING CASES IN GEORGIA AND MODERN METHODS FOR THEIR PREVENTION
Keywords:
Food poisoning, Prevention, Summer, Sanitary, Hygiene, GeorgiaAbstract
The work studies and analyzes the dynamics, the territorial and age distribution and seasonality of probable food poisoning cases in recent years in Georgia, as well as outbreaks detected in 2016-2020. It shows, that in the said period food-related poisonings were spread throughout almost all Georgian regions, with particularly high rates in Adjara, Guria and Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. Cases were prevalent in the 1 to 14 age groups and in the summer season. During the outbreaks, the identified agent was primarily S.aureus and the ready-to-eat meals, foodstuff and drinking water represented probable risk factors in transmitting the disease. The increased role of food in the spread of probable food poisoning cases indicates the necessity to intensify sanitary and hygiene measures at production, processing and distribution stages.
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