Public Health Importance and Risk Factor Associated Beef Meat Salmonellosis in Ethiopia

Many species of Salmonella are responsible for occurrence of acute gastroenteritis infection in in which it remains as an important public health concern of worldwide, particularly in the developing countries such as Ethiopia.Salmonella is the leading cause of common food-borne infection in many countries in the world.It is more widespread in young children, elderly citizens frequently affected with underlying chronic diseases, and immuno-suppressed individuals.Consumption of raw or unsafe food, cross-contamination, improper food storage, poor personal hygiene practices, inadequate cooling and reheating of food items, and a prolonged time lapse between preparing and consuming food items were mentioned as contributing factors to an outbreak of salmonellosis in humans.Salmonella contamination of animals and animal products in farms and organs and carcasses in abattoir is a key cause of the pathogen's spread.In Ethiopia however, the probability expose to the salmonella from beef is high, the habit of consuming raw or medium-cooked.renowned custom of raw meat consumption favorable among the community.These trends expose the Ethiopian to risk of antibiotic resistant and pathogenic Salmonella that indicate the likely occurrence of public health hazards due to Salmonella.The risk of food getting contaminated depends largely on the health status of the food handlers, their personal hygiene, knowledge and practice of food hygiene among others.So that the stakeholder should establish standard meat safety requirements and provision of training for meat handlers is mandatory, apply and maintain the basic hygienic slaughtering practices to prevent hazards which may affect the public health, Preventing the trend of eating raw/mid-cocked beef meat and improving the community knowledge, skills and practice through public training