Analysis of Food Poisoning in Dongkeng Town of Dongguan City from 1996 to 2008

[Objective]To study the occurrence regularity of food poisoning in Dongkeng town of Dongguan city,provide countermeasure for prevention and control of food poisoning.[Methods]The statistical report forms and case investigation reports of food poisoning in Dongkeng town during 1996-2008 were analyzed synthetically.[Results]The incidence of food poisoning in Dongkeng town showed a descending trend,the occurrences scene mainly was the collective eatery (81.48%),food service units (11.11%) was in the second place. The majority of the poisoning foods were the animal foods,and most of poisoning cases were caused by pathogenic bacteria.[Conclusion]The incidence of food poisoning and poisoning patients showed downtrend generally. The key measures of food poisoning prevention were strengthening of the food hygiene supervision and purposefulness health education.