SAUDI ARABIA: Doctors blame street food for surge in Ramadan illnesses - (Arab News)
September 26, 2007 – 5:50 pmJEDDAH–Theyve become so many that theyre literally a classic sight during Ramadan peddlers at roadside bazaars offering up sweets, juices and liver sandwiches to famished passers-by who in turn feel that the bazaars are a convenient way of saving both effort and time in preparing food for the iftar (breakfast) and sahour (pre-dawn) meals. But what truly is the hidden cost that many consumers dont see when they decide to purchase these readymade staples during the holy month?
Doctors were cited as saying that consuming foods from open-air eateries located only meters from dusty, exhaust-filled streets is a dangerous risk and a gamble with ones health.
Dr. Sobhia Mahmoud, a family practitioner at the New Jeddah Clinic Hospital, was quoted as telling Arab News, “Foods such as shawarma and those being sold out in the open are quite susceptible to bacteria with the worst offenders being Staphylococcus aureus, salmonella and e-coli, […]
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