October 22nd, 2011 | 
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Traveling to a foreign country can be fun but you will also need to worry about safety issues such as foods and drinks. The foods and drinks in other country are not as sanitary as in the US and there
fore you would need to take precaution. Other foreign countries don’t have the high standards that we do. If you’re not careful you can end up with diarrhea which is not fun at all. The water of most recreational activities are not well treated and you can get infections from it.
According to the CDC, you can get infected with E.coli, hepatitis A, shigellosis or bacillary dysentery, giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, noroviruses through unsanitary foods and water. You can also contract these less common infectious disease risks for travelers include typhoid fever and other salmonelloses, cholera, rotavirus infections, and a variety of protozoan and helminthic parasites (other than those that cause giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis). Some of these bacteria can be transmitted through the fecal-oral route.
You should definitely examine the safety of the foods and drinks when you’re in a foreign country. You should avoid street vendor foods because it’s sure to be contaminated. All raw foods are contaminated and you should not eat salads or fruits salads, uncooked vegetables, and non pasteurized milk. The crops are grown with so many pesticides and they don’t clean off the pesticides that good here.
You should wash your hands with rubbing alcohol after bathroom or diaper change so that you don’t contaminate your foods. You should reheat all foods that have been sitting out for a couple of hours because it could be filled with some bacteria. Leaving the food at room temperature for a couple of hours is a great way for bacteria to build up. Any time that you’re traveling to a foreign country you should take sanitary precautions.
Source: http://www.cdc.com/travel
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