Page updated 30 September 2007
Food Poisoning - Campylobacter
- Present in uncooked poultry and meat, unpasteurised milk and faecally contaminated water. Like Salmonella is resident in the gut of animals.
- Transferred by careless handling of meat, especially raw poultry; self-contamination and cross-contamination from the hands. Drinking contaminated raw milk has been implicated in some outbreaks.
- Symptoms similar to salmonellosis. Abdominal cramps, followed by foul smelling, bile stained or bloody diarrhoea.
- Prevention scrupulous cleanliness before and after handling raw meat and poultry. Prevent cross contamination from raw to cooked foods.
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