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Foodborne diseases create an enormous burden on the economy. Consumer costs include medical, legal, and other expenses, as well as absenteeism at work and school. It can perpetuate the cycle of poverty. Chronic diseases caused by contaminated food, like reactive arthritis or temporary paralysis, can be even more damaging than the initial disease and add dramatically to the medical costs and lost wages. Costs to national governments stem from increased medical expenses, outbreak investigations, food recalls, and loss of consumer confidence in the products. Foodborne diseases lead to increased demands on already overburdened and poorly funded healthcare systems in developing countries.
every country has many diseases .the government should controll the diseases.
In my country so much disease
i honestly can't tell ,wish i was in position to tell
Currently food hygiene and issues related to food borne outbreaks have become a matter of great concern for governments and food producing companies in general, and for food supply chains in particular. Food contamination involving food poisoning has raised alarm in Saudi Arabia. During the past ten years, a number of incidents of food borne outbreaks were reported in some regions. In 2006, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, a group of Saudi soldiers were diagnosed for having gastroenteritis following a rice lunch contaminated with Bacillus cereus and Clostridium perfringens. In 2007, Najran city registered 92 cases of food poising outbreaks. Similar outbreaks occurred in some other parts of Saudi Arabia like, Al-Hofuf in 2009, Sulyyel, a town near Riyadh in 2010, and Qassim House of Social Education in 2011. Different sources of infections were reported following the outbreaks. In a cross section study conducted around a catchment area involving seven primary health care centers, food handlers, specifically raw food handlers of certain nationalities, were found to be the major source of food contamination. A cross section study was conducted in Jazan city to ascertain the knowledge and practices of street vendors. The results obtained showed low to middle level of KAP among them. In Jeddah, butchers were found to be mainly involved in contamination practices. Critical food control infractions and fraud have been taken at immediate actions.
so things are still under better % during 20174th qtr, and in 2nd qty of 2019 but still there are many loops to be thightened which is not an easy task for the authorities.
foodborne diseases cost $ 28 billion a year - published by the world bank
Annual Foodborne iIINESSES COST $ Billion, Study Finds
