Situation of food poisoning, 2017

Abstract

The surveillance system that operated by the Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand has shown food poisoning is among the top 10 disease burden in Thailand. The incidence of disease has been increasing. The author used the 5 dimensions to analysis that include the determinant, behavior, morbidity and mortality, event-based and program response by using the data from the routine national infectious diseases report (R506 report), Outbreak Verification Database and the performance profile of the Food and Waterborne Disease Program of the Bureau of Epidemiology. Data were obtained from 506 report and outbreak investigation and analyzed by the Microsoft® Excel, version 2016 and presented by frequency and percentage. The incidences of disease between 2017 and 2016 were not different and had trend on January, July and December. The determinants of disease were Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Salmonella spp. Risk factors were the food menu (chicken rice, food or dessert with coconut milk and fried rice) and left-over food. Risk age-group were 7 to 24 years old and the risk setting was school. Food poisoning is a disease problem in Thailand. These risk factors were the process of cook and the behavior of customers. If the disease control-program-involved staff need reducing the outbreaks of the food poisoning, they should focus on school and general population disease prevention and managing the process of cooking and customers ’ behaviors.