Where Are You Likely to Get Food Poisoning?

Emirates 24/7 ^ | Friday, May 22, 2015 | Staff

[nickcarraway]

Is India higher on the risk list than America or Morocco or Egypt? \ What are your chances of getting food poisoning when you are travelling or on a holiday trip abroad? Pretty high according to law firm Slater and Gordon.

The research from travel specialists at the British law firm, says that in some countries the risk is as high as 30 per cent.

Slater and Gordon travel specialists asked 2,000 travellers to report their bathroom experiences abroad, according to the British publication Express.

The firm originally funded the study because they noticed that there was a rise in the number of people requesting their services after falling ill while travelling.

According to Slater and Gordon, countries where you’re most likely to get food poisoning are...

1. Spain (30%)

2. Turkey (15%)

3. Egypt (13%)

4. Greece (12%)

5. France (12%)

6. Italy (8%)

7. America (7%)

8. India (7%)

9. Morocco (6%)

10. Thailand (6%)

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

I avoid anything “egg based” including mayonnaise at outdoor functions on a hot day. That’s why when I attended a friends wedding reception one summer in the 80s I was among the 10% who didn’t get severely ill.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Pizza Hut

[BobL]

Thanks...sounds like me and that black man are able to learn, at least.

[BobL]

Hmmm, sounds familiar. Was it like 30 years ago?

[BobL]

Thanks...sounds like me and that black man are able to learn, at least.

[ThomasThomas]

Thailand!

[uncitizen]

Dennys

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Some family friends in the greater Detroit area. I was a Sophomore in High School.

[Ditter]

The first time I got food poisoning was in Switzerland next was Burger king

[kiltie65]

Tijuana.

[bmwcyle]

Thailand?

[Neoliberalnot]

Look up proper canning technique. We wash jars thoroughly and then use a pressure cooker to sterilize it all including lids. Jams are different and the high sugar content inhibits bacterial growth. Heavy salting is also protective. I don’t know about peanut butter, but you will recall a couple of years ago a few hundred people picked up Salmonella from peanut products. The Internet has the story from CDC and the FDA. Be careful and be healthy. More than likely you will be ok.

[petitfour]

I retract all I said about my husband. Well, the iron stomach is true. And he ate a lot of questionable substances made by his grandmother. But he would not give our children anything canned with used lids. His grandmother and mother always stressed using brand new lids. And even if you boil the olds lids, you ruin the seal in the process. Companies say not to reuse lids so they will not have any liability. It is just too risky.

[NorthstarMom]

Yep-they are already disposed of. It’s just hard because it was a gift given out of love, I feel guilty.

[right way right]

The inlaws.

[BobL]

Copy, I was in Los Angeles...so I guess these ‘events’ happen quite a bit.

[cva66snipe]

My in laws just visited and my mother in law is known for making delicious jams and apple butter. She gave us a jar of apple butter and a jar of strawberry jam, both canned in old peanut butter jars reusing the lid that came with the peanut butter!! Am I wrong to think it’s crazy? My husband will get very upset if I say that the kids can’t eat it.

Believe it or not it's probably fine. Even if lids {I'm assuming screw on} are hand washed. My mom & dad made jelly from berries they had picked and put the jelly in canning jars or old store bought jelly jars. The only sealing used was hot paraffin poured over the top. Something I'm sure my grandmother born in the late 1800's did. The worse thing that would possibly happen is fermentation which you would know about. Go to a Flea Market or old country store etc and you'll find lots of Jelly being sold that was not vacuum sealed.

Just store the Jelly in a cool place and it's fine. I was raised on it and none of us ever got sick on it.I'm thinking the gelatin involved in the cooking process is also a preservative. Reason it out for a second. If a berry is bad and laying on the ground it ferments. Otherwise it's safe to eat right? Mom when canning vacuum sealed everything else such as beans, tomatoes, etc with the pressure cooker and self sealing lids. But not Jam and Jellies. It's like the old Pickle or kraut barrels of old. No refrigeration or seals needed just reach in and get what was needed and close it back.

[Mase]

India ranked better than the US?

This article is crap.

[cpdiii]

“No offense, but anecdotal evidence is not proof.”

4 trips, two people = over 180 meals and snacks. That is statistics and not anecdotal. A few meals is anecdotal.

I suspect that not eating where the tourists were and ate is the reason that I did not get ill. If you make the locals ill they will not come back to your place and eat again.

[JoeFromSidney]

I can understand both Turkey and Thailand being on the list. I've had bad attacks of diarrhea and nausea in both places. Running at both ends and hurting in the middle.