Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Dominican Republic: by rodent excreta contamination of food products being emergency

Southern Health Network: www.fm120.com time :2009-1-28

MEXICO CITY, Jan 26 (Xinhuanet Luan Xiang) Santo Domingo, the news: in the Dominican part of the sale of food has been inspected by rodent excreta pollution, the Government has ordered health authorities to be contaminated food emergency evacuation counters.

Dominican national consumer protection agency announced on the 26th, in the recently conducted surprise inspections, the Health and Quarantine in several supermarkets and shops to sell milk, cheese, meat, fruit, sugar, chocolate, bread, juice and cereal, etc. food were found rodents faeces and urine for signs of pollution and has ordered the issue of food businesses instantly removed.

The agency said the contaminated products found in supermarkets and shops extremely poor sanitary conditions, storage of food and other goods in the warehouse near the garbage Chengshan, rat infested cockroach. The agency did not disclose the specific business problems, but has confirmed that a "black list" provided to the Government Ministry of Public Health.

Human consumption have been contaminated by rat droppings of food, it is likely to be infected with leptospirosis and hantavirus, severe potentially life-threatening. Referred to as leptospirosis leptospirosis patients body aches, fatigue, high fever, severe symptoms can be complicated by pulmonary hemorrhage, encephalitis and renal failure and so on. According to figures released by the Government of Dominica, the Dominican this infectious disease is the second largest "deadly killer."

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