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Campylobacter
Last Updated March 29, 2024
Food poisoning prevention course (video)
<Food poisoning prevention course (Campylobacter edition) 2 minutes 13 seconds>
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Example of causative food
Chicken dishes that are not sufficiently heated.
Characteristics
In recent years, it is the most common bacterium that causes bacterial food poisoning. Meat may be contaminated, especially chicken is particularly high (the detection rate in H25-H29 Yokohama City extraction inspection is about 60%). Even with a small amount of bacteria can develop, chicken and chicken liver may have fungus into the center, so regardless of freshness, raw food or `` chicken tapping '' heated only on the surface cause food poisoning. There is a danger.
Symptoms
Two to five days after eating, they develop abdominal pain, diarrhea, and fever. You may develop Guillain-Barre syndrome (such as motor paralysis symptoms) a few weeks after infection.
Preventive measures
・Regardless of freshness, meat such as chicken, should be baked to the center and eaten.
・Do not eat meat sashimi or uncooked meat dishes (such as "Tataki", "Aburi", "Red Yakitori").
・Prepare cutting boards and kitchen knives for raw meat and use them separately for meat.
・After handling raw meat, wash and disinfect the instruments and fingers well.
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Food Safety Commission homepage (point of food poisoning prevention) (outside site)
For inquiries to this page
Kohoku Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division Food Sanitation Section
Phone: 045-540-2370
Phone: 045-540-2370
Fax: 045-540-2342
Email address: ko-eisei@city.yokohama.jp
Page ID: 266-073-757