Abstract: Fenamiphos Poisoning from Contaminated Food

Learning objectives

To provide the student with practice in:

Analysing reported information about an unusual disease outbreak and initial planning of an environmental epidemiological investigation.

• Identifying whether the outbreak is a toxicological or microbiological one.
• Defining objectives in investigation of food-borne illness.
• Designing a field environmental epidemiological investigation.
• Calculating and interpreting statistical analysis of data such as odds ratio and 95% confidence interval in a case control study.
• Defining and interpreting terms used in general and food toxicology.
• Interpreting environmental testing and toxicological data.
• Writing a strategy for prevention of chemical contamination of foods.