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SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1986

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ANTI-FOOD POISONING ACTION STEPPED UP

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AS PART OF STEPPED-UP GOVERNMENT ACTION AGAINST FOOD POISONING, EDUCATION MATERIALS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT DISTRICT OFFICES ALL OVER HONG KONG WHILE A HOTLINE HAS COMMENCED OPERATION OFFERING GENERAL ADVICE TO THE PUBLIC.

TWO LEAFLETS, ONE ENTITLED +PREVENTION OF BACTERIAL FOOD POISONING AND THE OTHER FOCUSSING ON CHOLERA PREVENTION, HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY THE HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH.

SENIOR HEALTH INSPECTOR WONG LUP-GAY OF THE HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE TWO LEAFLETS EMPHASIS ING THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD HYGIENE WOULD PROVIDE A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

+THE LEAFLET ON THE PREVENTION OF BACTERIAL FOOD POISONING OUTLINES THE SYMPTOMS OF FOOD POISONING AND DRAWS PUBLIC ATTENTION TO THE COMMON TYPES OF BACTERIA AND THE KINDS OF FOOD LIKELY TO BE CONTAMINATED.

+ IT THEN HIGHLIGHTS VARIOUS PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES INCLUDING THE POINTS TO OBSERVE WHEN PURCHASING FOOD, IN FOOD PREPARATION AS WELL AS STORAGE, HE SAID.

MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT THE LEAFLET ON CHOLERA PREVENTION SERVED AS A FURTHER REMINDER ABOUT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PERSONAL HYGJENE INCLUDING EATING HABITS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANLINESS.

HE SAID ADVICE AGAINST FOOD POISONING COULD ALSO BE OBTAINED BY DIALLING A 24-HOUR HOT-LINE 5-8916443 - WHICH STARTED OPERATION EARLY THIS MONTH.

+WHILE THE RECORDED MESSAGE PUTS THE FOOD POISONING PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN A NUTSHELL, CALLERS CAN ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND OFFICERS FROM THE HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT WOULD GET BACK TO THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,+ HE SAID.

MEANWHILE, TWO POSTERS ON FOOD POISONING - ONE DESIGNED FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE OTHER TARGETTED AT MEMBERS OF THE FOOD TRADE - HAVE BEEN PRODUCED TO HEIGHTEN AWARENESS OF FOOD HYGIENE.

MR WONG SAID THESE POSTERS, TOGETHER WITH THE LEAFLETS, HAVE ALSO BEEN DELIVERED TO DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITALS, CLINICS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' INCORPORATIONS FOR DISPLAY.

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