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PUBLIC REMINDED OF PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST FOOD-BORNE DISEASES

TAKE PROPER

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE TODAY (FRIDAY) URGED TO FOOD HYGIENE PRACTICES WHEN HAVING HOTPOT IN THE COLD WINTER MONTHS,

MADE BY THE

OF HEALTH

SUCH AS

MEAL,

WAS THE APPEAL

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (HYGIENE), DR. MAHOMMED BIN ALI, WHO SAID FOOD-BORNE DISEASES FOOD POISONING AND HEPATITIS A MAY BE CONTRACTED THROUGH HOTPOT WHICH IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS DO-IT-YOURSELF CHINESE-STYLE SUKIYAKI.

"FOOD ESTABLISHMENT

OBSERVE HYGIENIC

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DR. ALI SAID.

STUFF SHOULD ALWAYS PRACTICES IN PREPARING FOOD FOR HOTPOTS,

AN HAVE

EVEN MORE IMPORTANT "CUSTOMERS, ON THE OTHER HAND,

ADEQUATELY COOKED BEFORE ROLE TO PLAY IN ENSURING THAT SUCH FOOD IS CONSUMPTION," HE ADDED.

WHEN PREPARING HOTPOTS AT HOME, MEMBERS OF ALSO OBSERVE PROPER FOOD HYGIENE PRACTICES.

THE PUBLIC SHOULD

OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING POINTS SUCH AS SHELLFISH AND

DR. ALI REMINDED THE PUBLIC TO WHILE HAVING THOSE POPULAR HOTPOT FOOD STUFF VEGETABLES:

* USE WHOLESOME FOOD, CLEAN WATER AND COOKING UTENSILS;

*

USE ONLY WHOLESOME AND PREFERABLY LIVE ONES FOR SHELLFISH;

*

WASH VEGETABLES AND SHELLFISH THOROUGHLY BEFORE COOKING;

*

COOK THOROUGHLY BEFORE CONSUMPTION;

STORE FOOD PROPERLY BEFORE COOKING AND SHELLFISH KEPT IN REFRIGERATOR IF NOT FOR IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION;

SHOULD

BE

*

REMOVE THE GRIT AND DIRT OF SHELLFISH WITH A BRUSH; AND

DISCARD THE INTESTINES AND OTHER DUBIOUS OR SUCH AS SHELLS.

INEDIBLE PARTS

WASHING PROPER

AND HANDLING, AND "WHOLESOME RAW MATERIALS,

ARE THE THOROUGH COOKING

BEST MEASURES AGAINST GASTRO-INTESTINAL

HOTPOT, DR. DISEASES AND PREREQUISITES OF A DELICIOUS AND ENJOYABLE ALI SAID.

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