Education for consumers: one of the tools for decreasing the incidence of hemolitic uremic syndrome

In order to guarantee that harmless food is ingested by consumers, it is essential that strict hygienic procedures are followed both during the elaboration of food and during the procedures that range from the purchasing, the cooking and the consumption of food. This is an invaluable and unquestiona...

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Published inMedicina (Buenos Aires) Vol. 66 Suppl 3; p. 42
Main Authors Vezzani, Clarisa, Rocha, Marcelo da
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Argentina 2006
Subjects
Argentina - epidemiology
Consumer Product Safety - standards
Cooking - methods
Food Contamination - prevention & control
Food Handling - methods
Food Handling - standards
Food Microbiology
Health Education - methods
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome - epidemiology
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome - prevention & control
Humans
Hygiene - education
Hygiene - standards
Incidence
Legislation, Food
Argentina
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Summary:In order to guarantee that harmless food is ingested by consumers, it is essential that strict hygienic procedures are followed both during the elaboration of food and during the procedures that range from the purchasing, the cooking and the consumption of food. This is an invaluable and unquestionable tool that should be used in order to decrease the incidence of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) in our country. The State, the enterprise owners, and the consumers should take responsibility for this: the State should guarantee the citizens' access to safe food products through an adequate legislation and a mechanism for it to be controlled and obeyed; the enterprise owners should obey the current regulations and provide their employees with education about the importance of these regulations; and the consumers should take responsibility for how they handle food.
ISSN:0025-7680