Food poisoning in Saudi Arabia. Potential for prevention?

Food Safety Issues in Saudi Arabia

Food borne outbreaks have become a major challenge in food safety, in general, and for safer food supply chains, in particular. In Saudi Arabia, food poisoning is becoming a very important health problem, Salmonella species is the most important pathogen, but due to the extensive effort carried by the health authorities to prevent or eradicate communicable diseases, new pathogens are now emergi...

Contamination of beef products with staphylococcal classical enterotoxins in Egypt and Saudi Arabia Kontamination von Rindfleischerzeugnissen mit klassischem Staphylokokkenenterotoxin in Ägypten und Saudi-Arabien

Food-borne pathogens are of high concern for public health and food safety. Staphylococcus aureus food poisoning is one of the most ecoReyad R. Shawish Naser A. Al-Humam nomically devastating types of food poisoning globally. The purpose of this study was to detect staphylococcal classical enterotoxins (SEs) in processed beef from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Egypt. 1 Department of Food Hy...

Genetic Relationships among Four Saudi Arabian Sheep Populations

Four Saudi Arabian indigenous sheep populations including Najdi, Hbsi, Arb, and Naemi were genotyped for 16 microsatellite markers recommended by the food and agriculture organization (FAO). This study aims to provide information on the genetic structure of the breeds analyzed and give indications and proposals for the cross breeding program. All loci were polymorphic in all populations and loc...

A Comparative Overview of Poisoning in Multidimentional Perspective

Background: Poisoning cases occur universally and have plagued mankind since antiquity. Keeping this in view, this study was contemplated to find the comparative overview of poisoning in India and Saudi Arabia to knows how the racial and cultural factors influence the pattern of poisoning. Material and Methods: A systematic web based search was conducted and original studies on poisoning publis...

Spectrum of childhood poisoning in a tertiary center in the Eastern Saudi Arabia.