The prevention of foodborne diseases such as hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is key to caring for people’s health. For this reason, the National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) recommended some preventive measures when making purchases at the store, fair or supermarket.
Labeled label
It is the inscription printed on the packaging of food products that serves to inform about the origin, content and nutritional properties of food. For this reason, avoid carrying containers without labels, with dirty, broken, illegible labels and where the necessary data cannot be seen. Above all things, it is necessary to always check the expiration date.
food before and after
When shopping, look for non-food products and non-perishable foods first and leave frozen and refrigerated perishable products for last. This prevents the cold chain from being broken. Prevent products that are going to be consumed cooked from coming into contact with those that are going to be consumed raw.
Frozen and refrigerated products
Check that the containers are not broken because liquids or meat juices of any kind can fall on other products. Avoid that during the transfer of food to the home they are in hot places, for example, under the sun’s rays.
Canned goods and labels
Canned goods should not be dented, rusty or bulging, as they could be spoiled. It is recalled that children under five years of age are one of the groups most likely to contract HUS because they lack sufficiently developed levels of defense at the intestinal level, which can cause them from severe bloody diarrhea to kidney failure and leave them with serious sequelae for the entire lifespan. lifetime.
It is key to incorporate these prevention measures, since these little big cares are essential to prevent hemolytic uremic syndrome in boys and girls.
