• The young, the elderly and pregnant women should refrain from eating high-risk foods like raw oysters.
• People should avoid consuming large coral reef fish, especially those weighing more than three catties as they are more likely to be involved in ciguatoxin food poisoning.
• People may practise the five new keys to safer food at home advocated by World Health Organisation. They are :
  • to keep food clean;
  • to separate raw and cooked food;
  • to cook food thoroughly;
  • to keep food at safe temperatures (preferably at four degrees Celsius or below or above 60 degrees Celsius); and
  • to use safe water and raw materials.