Food & water quality
- Main concern: virus and bacteria
The two major foodborne illnesses are: - Salmonellosis causes fever, headache, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Occurs in eggs, poultry and other meats, raw milk and chocolate.
- Campylobacteriosis causes severe abdominal pain, fever, nausea and diarrhea. Occurs in raw milk, raw or undercooked poultry and drinking water.
In Australia, estimated 5.4 million cases of foodborne illness annually, costing $1.2 billion per year to the Australian economy. The main cause of water based illnesses in microbial contaminants such as:
Viruses- hepatitis and rotaviruses
Bacteria- compylobacter and enterococi
Protozoa- cryptosporidium and giardia