The public health specialist and member of the Friends of Health Association, Zahraa Governorate, said that the high temperatures during the summer season, especially during the Hajj, requires the pilgrims to take into account the safety and safeness Cases of food poisoning.
She emphasized that the symptoms of food poisoning may include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, noting that these symptoms differ in severity from person to person.
She stated that the manual of preventive measures for infectious diseases of importance during the Hajj season for the year 2025, issued by the Public Health Authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, explained that the most common microbes in food transmitted diseases include salmonella microbes, crushed cluster hairdressers, and Shagila, and that the period of custody of these microbes extends from 30 minutes to several days according to the type of microbe.
The specialist Zahraa Governorate added that the foods most related to these microbes are often found in meat, poultry, dairy, and the final food products, stressing that the responsibility to prevent the spread of food transmitted diseases is a common responsibility that begins to educate pilgrims by the need to avoid eating foods that are not well preserved, or foods that are re -heated after leaving them for long periods outside the refrigerator, in addition to ensuring the signs of food corruption before eating it.
The governorate clarified that with regard to the Hajj campaigns, it is important to train the cadres responsible for preparing food on the requirements of food safety and the good preservation of the final foods provided to the pilgrims, and indicated that in the event of cases of food poisoning, the responsible cadres or medical teams must inform the competent authorities, such as epidemiological control teams in health institutions, the executive committee of the Hajj, and the food safety unit, so that the team competent to investigate the investigation procedures, And he took laboratory samples to reduce the increasing cases, stressing that these measures are necessary to ensure a healthy and safe pilgrimage season.
