500 citizens were infected by food in 2017

Consumer health remains endangered by questionable food products, as only for this year we are leaving behind have some 500 cases been addressed at the Infectious Clinic caused by food products.

Kosovo Hospital and University Clinic Director Hamdi Ramdani has told Kosovo that of these cases, some 206 citizens have been sick with instigations, while 279 people were sick with salmonella and interokoles.

Fortunately, though, there was no food death.

The total “, from January to today, the number is about 485 cases and the Infectious Clinic refers to all hospital centres at the level of Kosovo, even from health houses. Of these cases, some 206 cases of instigation, while 279 of the sick were salmonella and interokoles. The number of viral poisonings has not been introduced. So it was alarming in no way has there been any need to be done. Visibility is on the decline compared to previous years”, Ramadani stressed.

The director of the Infectious Clinic has appealed to all citizens to be careful when buying and using food products.

A message is that any food used to be stored in individual locations should be viewed and food should be used well in boiled or high temperatures. Because this is how micro-organisms and questionable food are supposed to be spoken of and the instances are announced, win sanitation in order to stop this” situation, he ordered Dr. Ramdan.

The chairman of the Association “Consumer”, Ceatin Kacanik, has told Kosovo that consumer citizens continue to be endangered by food consumption, because unfortunately there have been cases even fatally years ago.

The specific circumstances that affected the health of the consumer citizen have unfortunately even had cases that health has been markedly heavy not to say dangerously, but we have had a case for two years, even when unsafe food has also contributed to the provocation of consumer citizen disease and he has unfortunately passed away. And if we connect this issue to the current moment when we have multiple campaigns under the holiday season, we see that meat offerings are such that they are not seen by freezing, and it turns out that foods in particular frozen meats, frozen trees and vegetables leave a lot to discuss”, Kachanic said.

He has added further that despite there is no security and protection, consumer citizens' right is in very straight ratio compared to the law enforcement level for consumer protection.

Otherwise, head of the Food and Veterina Agency have said that by 2017, some 500,000 tons of food products made up of meat, milk, beverages, and others have been eliminated.