Udlile Okuthile Ekukhumbuleni Ukudla; Manje?

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Ngenyanga edlule, kukhunjulwa ukudla okuyisisekelo okungaphansi kwezine kwaba sematheni, okwenza wonke umuntu axakeke ngama-walnuts, ushizi we-mac 'n', nokuningi. Futhi ngesonto eledlule, amazambane athile akhunjulwa ngemuva kokuxhunyaniswa ne-botulism. Futhi akugcini lapho: Kuze kube manje kulo nyaka, iziphathimandla zezempilo zikahulumeni zikhiphe eziningana ikhulu uyakhumbula.

UMnyango Wezolimo wase-US (i-USDA), ophethe iningi lokukhumbula inyama nenyama yenkukhu, ukhiphe eziyisikhombisa ngesonto eledlule nje. Futhi lokho akuvamile, ngokusho kohlu lwabo oluphelele lwezikhumbuzo nezixwayiso. I-Food and Drug Administration (FDA), eyengamele iningi leminye imikhiqizo yokudla-kusuka kumasoso nezinongo ukuze kukhiqizwe-ibhala uhlu lokudla okukhunjulwayo okungaphezu kuka-60 embikweni wayo wakamuva wokuphoqelela wamasonto onke.

Yiqiniso, ezinye izinkumbulo zibucayi kakhulu kunezinye. Ikilasi I likhumbula ukuthi lihilela “isimo esiyingozi empilweni lapho kunethuba elinengqondo lokuthi ukusetshenziswa komkhiqizo kuzobangela imiphumela engathi sína, engemihle yezempilo noma ukufa,” kusho u-Alexandra Tarrant, uchwepheshe wezindaba zomphakathi we-USDA. Lawa amabibi afana ne-listeria noma i-E. coli, futhi uzozwa ngawo ezindabeni. (UTarrant uthi kuya ngobubanzi besikhathi sokukhumbula, lokho kungafaka nje izindaba zenethiwekhi yakho noma iphepha-kodwa mhlawumbe hhayi izitolo zikazwelonke.)

IClass II ikhumbula ukuthi imikhiqizo inamandla okudala izingqinamba zezempilo, kepha lelo thuba "likude" futhi cishe alisongeli impilo, kusho uTarrant. Futhi ukukhumbula kukaClass III ngeke kuholele ezinkingeni zezempilo, usho kanjalo. Ngokuya ngezinto ze-FDA, ukukhumbula kweClass III kuvame ukwephula imithetho yokulebula noma yokukhiqiza. (Izinhlelo zezigaba ze-FDA ne-USDA ngokufanayo ziyefana.)

Uma kuziwa endabeni, ukukhathazeka kuvame ukuba amagciwane abangela ukugula njenge-salmonella noma i-E. coli, noma izilokazane ezifana ne-trichinella noma i-cryptosporidia, kusho u-Robert Tauxe, MD, isekela lomqondisi we-Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases Ukulawulwa Nokuvimbelwa Kwezifo (CDC).

"Ingozi yokutheleleka iyanda lapho inyama enqunywe ezilwaneni eziningi igaywa ndawonye," kusho uTauxe. Lokho kwenza i-hamburger noma ingulube yomhlaba, iwundlu, ne-turkey kube nezinkinga ikakhulukazi.

Wenzani-ke uma uthenge noma-gulp!-udle umkhiqizo obuyiselwe emuva? Okokuqala, ungadangali. UTarrant uthi kuningi okukhumbulayo kukhishwa ngoba ubufakazi benkinga buvela endaweni yokukhiqiza noma yokucubungula ukudla, hhayi ngoba abantu bayagula. Uncoma ukufunda ukukhishwa kwezindaba ze-USDA noma kwe-FDA ekukhunjweni, nokuzihlola ngokwakho izimpawu zokugula.

Uma ungazizwa uphilile, "nakanjani bheka udokotela noma udokotela," kusho uTarrant. "Bazise ukuthi udle umkhiqizo obuyiselwe emuva, futhi ubatshele ukuthi yini oyaziyo mayelana nokukhumbula." Lokho kuzosiza idokodo lakho likuphathe kahle, futhi lizomvumela ukuthi azise iCDC nomnyango wezempilo wombuso ngengozi kwabanye abathengi.

Uma uba kakhulu uyagula, yeqa ihhovisi ledokodo lakho bese uya esibhedlela, kusho uTarrant. Futhi, qiniseka ukuthi uyabazisa uma ukholelwa ukuthi udle umkhiqizo wokudla obuye wakhunjulwa.

Ngokuya ngesinxephezelo sezokwelapha, uTarrant uthi lokho kuyinkinga esemthethweni phakathi kwakho nomenzi wokudla, umthengisi, noma isitolo-kuya ngokuthi ngubani onephutha. Amathuba amahle ukuthi noma ngubani okuthengisele ukudla okunobuthi uzofuna ukulungisa izinto. "Kodwa lokho akuyona into i-USDA noma i-FDA eyengamele," kusho uTarrant.

Uma kukhulunywa ngokubuyiselwa kwemali komkhiqizo, uncoma ukuthi kubhekwe ukukhululwa kwezindaba ezivela ku-USDA noma ku-FDA. Imvamisa, noma ngubani okuthengisele umkhiqizo uzobuyiselwa imali.

Ngakho-ke lapho uya khona: ukungena nokuphelelwa ukudla kuyakhumbula. Manje, ubani olambile?

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