Food Poisoning Cases In Malaysia 2018 Pdf

From the previous year 2005 2015 records the incidence rate of food poisoning had been fluctuating and despite that cases continue to.

Food poisoning cases in malaysia 2018 pdf. At least 7 other mass food poisoning incidents in 2018. The food poisoning outbreak is summarized in table 1. A total of 61 infections have been reported with 24 cases in kedah including. Read more number of food and water borne disease cases in malaysia in 2018 by disease.

All cases appear to occur within one incubation period and the outbreak was for a short duration. Hundreds have experienced bad cases of diarrhoea this year after consuming bento boxes alone. Number of cases and incidence rate of food and water borne diseases malaysia 2000. The first onset of symptoms was on 3rd april 2016 and the last onset of symptoms was on 4 th april 2016.

Food safety in malaysia is not considered an issue yet. The number of cases and incidence rate for food water borne disease fwbd from 2000to 2009 is shown in table 37. In 2015 the incidence rate ir of food poisoning was the highest at 47 3 per 100 000 population. A total of 42 new cases of food poisoning in malaysia have been reported due to the consumption of contaminated laksa at an eatery the health ministry said on tuesday oct 9.

In that year there were approximately 15 thousand food poisoning cases reported in malaysia. More than 60 cases of food poisoning and two deaths are being investigated by the malaysian ministry of health kkm. Figure 1 shows the epidemic curve for the food poisoning outbreak. Contaminated food and water intake can cause five types of food and water borne diseases that are cholera typhoid dysentery viral hepatitis a and food poisoning.