Opinion Essay

Food Hygiene Problems in Malaysia

            A student in University Malaya was reported to have a serious food poisoning and now he is lying in the Medical Centre of University Malaya. According to the Ministry of Health, 9465 cases were reported throughout the country regarding the food poisonous cases until September of 2012.  The following paragraphs will illustrate the main causes, effects and how to overcome the food poisonous problem in Malaysia.

            There are a few causes of food poisonous in Malaysia. One of the significant causes is the person himself didn’t take care of his or her personal hygiene when preparing or consuming the food. For example, the person did not wash hands with soap before processing the food. This thing usually happens to the people who are making food in a large quantity to supply it to the community. The person who is preparing the food for himself will take a good care of his hygiene to ensure their health. Next, the workers who have a skin ailment on his hands are allowed by the employers to work and process the food without considering the effects on the consumer health. As we can see, personal hygiene can be one of the causes to the food poisonous.

            Next, food poisoning can bring a lot of effects especially to the students in university. One of the effects is they cannot concentrate on their studies due to the feel of uncomfortable and pain in the stomach. As the result, they have to miss the lecturer and detained at the hospital in order to recover. They will miss the things teaches by the lecturer or even miss the test on that day. This will affect their final exam result in the future. Nevertheless, food poisonous will cause the students unable to concentrate on their studies.

            So, this problem should be overcome immediately. There are various ways to overcome this problem and one of them is the law enforcement. Food contractors and their workers should go through a detail medical check-up once in two months to ensure that they did not have or carry any diseases that contaminate the food thus leading to the food poisonous. Then, the contractors must buy the raw materials to prepare the food only from the approved dealer by the Minister of Health to ensure the cleanliness and safety of the raw material. In this way, the food poisonous can be overcome effectively.

            In conclusion, there are a lot of factors, impacts and ways to cope the food poisoning problems. It is hope that government can enforce the law to overcome the problem to ensure the health of the society.