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Abstract
Man’s occupation usually affects his health, but his occupation may influence the health of the community. Published information as regards the health of food handlers in developing countries are generally lacking. A large sector of these workers receive no medical supervision and data in public health records hardly help in understanding the magnitude of health problems among them (El-Sherif et al., 1985).
The periodic medical examination of food handlers have been decidedly unfruitful and in fact tends to give a false sense of security. In general, it is felt that serological and other regular examinations can not he made frequently or thoroughly enough to offer real. protection. Perhaps the best that can be done is to encourage food
handlers to report disability and illness. Much more effective is the education of food handlers in simple procedures of personnal cleanliness (May, 1986).
Parasitic infections represent large and serious medical and public health problems in the developing countries, particulary in tropical regions. The frequency of intestinal parasitism in human populations has been considered as a general indication of the local level of development (WFIO, 1981). Many parasites are transmitted by food handlers. Enterobius vermicularis, Hymenol ep is nana, Entamoeba hi stolyti ca and Giardi a lamblia are common as they are transmitted by auto infection (Khalil, 1979). Also, food handlers were found to excrete pathogenic bacteria like Shigella and Salmonella. (El-Sherif et al., 1985).