Eggs contaminated with Salmonella bacteria is the main reason of food poisoning to people and is live threatening, especially to pregnant mums, old folks and children.
Salmonella is found in chicken's intestine.and the chicken can be infected by Salmonella via fertilizers, farm, faeces during transportation, slaughtering, and processing in factory. Although precautions steps could be done from farm until processing to avoid Salmonella infection on eggs, there are possibilities to occur, especially during selling. Look at the picture on the right. Do you think the broken eggs is hygiene and save to be consumed? Contamination can happen
when the eggs are broken
when collecting the eggs content into plastic bags
when the egg content is stored for sale.
Just imagine....
1. Food handler might not wash hands before handling it
2. Place for processing the eggs might be dirty
3. The tools might not clean and / or not in good condition.
4. The packaging material is also not proper to keep the egg content.
5. Without the shell, the egg content lost he protection and expose to the air directly and easily incur bacteria growth on it.
6. Buyer might not cook the eggs directly after purchase.
7. How long would he keep if not consumed immediately?
8. What is the storage temperature?
9. Would he cook properly?
..... Too many doubt on this matter, agree?
Thus, it is important for food handlers to know the food safety measures when they are handling food. Do not buy cheap but contaminated food. It will cause Food poisoning and create unnecessarily consequences.
Credit: Food Safety & Quality Division, Labuan Federal Territory Health Department
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