Think I got food poisoning from Jetstar

[Mal Ware]

Yesterday I flew from BNE to MLB and had a breakfast in the business lounge (yes there were seats lol) and then boarded a J flight to Singapore.

I ate the pork and shortly after arriving rather than sleeping I found myself power spewing into the bowl with and extreme case of Diarrhea, I could not board my connecting flight to Manila as I could barely stand. Have had Delhi belly many times in Asia, but never like this, felt like I was going to finish up lol.

Ended up at the airport clinic and the doc said I had a fever of 39.9

After a few injections and some very restless sleep and more bowl spraying I was finally able to fly to Manila today where I am now but still crook and not able to leave the hotel.

All I can think of is it was the food on the Jetstar flight as I didn't eat the night before.

Thankfully I had travel insurance which will hopefully cover the new ticket I had to purchase hotel room and doctors.

Have a question though, does anyone know if the food in J on Jetstar from Melb to Singapore is created in Australia or somewhere in Asia?

 

[juddles]

... had a breakfast in the business lounge....
.., does anyone know if the food in J on Jetstar from Melb to Singapore is created in Australia or somewhere in Asia?

I am not a food expert, but I suspect that if such a virulent nasty was in the plane food there would have been a stack of passengers in similar state and it would have hit the news. Far more likely to have come from the aussie lounge.

 

[Mal]

One day virus? Seems to be going around at the moment.

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[markis10]

Pretty unlikely to know the real cause without lab work, which is not a possibility in reality in your case. Could be anything, including food poisoning from a variety of sources up to three days ago or maybe it was just a reaction to too much orange.

 

[here2go]

Pretty unlikely to know the real cause without lab work, which is not a possibility in reality in your case. Could be anything, including food poisoning from a variety of sources up to three days ago or maybe it was just a reaction to too much orange.

Agree - it generally takes a minimum of 12 to 24 hours for food poisoning to kick in - usually something like camphlobacter bacteria, and it multiplies like crazy in the gut until you get a toxic shock. We've had salmonella go through the house recently - identified candidate was poo from one of the many Darwin house geckos coming in contact with my daughter, who passed it onto us.

 

[UP4014]

Agree - it generally takes a minimum of 12 to 24 hours for food poisoning to kick in - usually something like camphlobacter bacteria, and it multiplies like crazy in the gut until you get a toxic shock. We've had salmonella go through the house recently - identified candidate was poo from one of the many Darwin house geckos coming in contact with my daughter, who passed it onto us.

That long, would have thought more like 8 hours? Will leave that one to the Docs to answer.

 

[markis10]

That long, would have thought more like 8 hours? Will leave that one to the Docs to answer.

It can take up to 10 weeks depending on what is the cause:

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[TD] Bacillus cereus toxin (vomiting)
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[TD] 1 - 6 hours
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[TD] Sudden onset of severe nausea and vomiting
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[TD="class: last-cell"] Improperly refrigerated cooked rice
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[TD] Bacillus cereus toxin (diarrhoea)

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[/TD]
[TD] 6 - 24 hours
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[TD] Abdominal cramps, nausea and watery diarrhoea
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[TD="class: last-cell"] Meats, stews, gravy, vanilla sauce
[/TD]
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[TD] Campylobacter

[/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD] 2 - 5 days
[/TD]
[TD] Fever, nausea, abdominal cramps and diarrhoea (sometimes bloody)
[/TD]
[TD="class: last-cell"] Raw and undercooked poultry, unpasteurised milk and contaminated water
[/TD]
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[TD] Clostridium perfringens toxin

[/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD] 6 - 24 hours
[/TD]
[TD] Abdominal cramps, watery diarrhoea and nausea
[/TD]
[TD="class: last-cell"] Meats, poultry, gravy, dried or precooked foods
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[TD] Escherichia coli (STEC)

[/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD] 2 - 10 days more commonly 3 - 4 days
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[TD] Diarrhoea (often bloody), abdominal cramps
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[TD="class: last-cell"] Improperly cooked beef, unpasteurised milk and juice, sprouts and contaminated water
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[TD] Hepatitis A

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[TD]

[/TD]
[TD] 2 - 7 weeks
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[TD] Jaundice, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea
[/TD]
[TD="class: last-cell"] Raw or poorly cooked seafood harvested from contaminated waters, ready-to-eat foods handled by an infected food handler
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[TD] Listeria monocytogenes

[/TD]
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[/TD]
[TD] 3 days -
10 weeks

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[TD] Meningitis, sepsis, fever
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[TD="class: last-cell"] Soft cheeses, unpasteurised milk, ready-to-eat deli meats
[/TD]
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[TD] Norovirus

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[TD] 24 - 48 hours
[/TD]
[TD] Fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, diarrhoea and headache
[/TD]
[TD="class: last-cell"] Poorly cooked shellfish, ready-to-eat foods touched by an infected worker
[/TD]
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[TD] Salmonella

[/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD] 6 – 72 hours,
usually 12-36 hours

[/TD]
[TD] Headache, fever, abdominal cramps, diarrhoea, vomiting and nausea
[/TD]
[TD="class: last-cell"] Undercooked poultry, raw egg desserts and mayonnaise, sprouts, tahini
[/TD]
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[TD] Staphylococus aureus toxin

[/TD]
[TD]

[/TD]
[TD] 0.5 – 8 hours
[/TD]
[TD] Sudden onset of vomiting and abdominal cramps
[/TD]
[TD="class: last-cell"] Cream desserts and pastries, potato salad
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[TD] Vibrio parahaemolyticus

[/TD]
[TD]

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[TD] 4–30 hours, usually 12-24 hours
[/TD]
[TD] Nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and watery diarrhoea
[/TD]
[TD="class: last-cell"] Undercooked or raw seafood.
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Food poisoning | NSW Food Authority

 

[here2go]

That long, would have thought more like 8 hours? Will leave that one to the Docs to answer.

Living in Darwin with young kids, gastro is like that awful aunt or uncle that keeps wanting to visit. You think you've got rid of them, then it comes back. I've become well versed in gastro this year, and know the drill about going to GP, giving samples (I know the pathology nurses by name) and waiting for the call from the infectious disease unit.

 

[Mal Ware]

I am going to go with this one, because that is the exact symptoms I had, thanks for that.

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[eric2011]

I am going to go with this one, because that is the exact symptoms I had, thanks for that.

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Yep, go with that one. I had the exact same symptoms just this morning.....Far,far tooooo many tequila shots last night and a greasy kebab on the way home

 

[browski]

Since I get food poisoning half a dozen times a year, my experience is that symptoms arise exactly 7 hours from ingestion.

JetStar cuisine is definitely a culprit on those MEL-SIN and MEL-BKK flights IMO..............I always pass on the meal.

 

[eric2011]

Since I get food poisoning half a dozen times a year, my experience is that symptoms arise exactly 7 hours from ingestion.

JetStar cuisine is definitely a culprit on those MEL-SIN and MEL-BKK flights IMO..............I always pass on the meal.

Oh for goodness sake, the on board meals for Jet Star most probably come from the same catering company kitchen as those that go to Qantas and half a dozen other airlines and if there was a problem then a large number of persons on board that flight would be affected. When you are in an enviroment where thousands of people are present everyday, like a busy airport, you are going to pick up germs from just about any surface you touch. Why is it that the moment you feel sick it is automatically blamed on the food. Perhaps you went to the toilet and even though you washed your hands on the way out the person before you left didnt and left his yuckies on the door handle or the ladies before you at the QC buffet didnt cover her mouth before sneezing.

Why is it the tendancy nowdays to lay blame on something...cant we just say...man i've been crook, dont know where I caught that.

 

[markis10]

Oh for goodness sake, the on board meals for Jet Star most probably come from the same catering company kitchen as those that go to Qantas and half a dozen other airlines and if there was a problem then a large number of persons on board that flight would be affected. When you are in an enviroment where thousands of people are present everyday, like a busy airport, you are going to pick up germs from just about any surface you touch. Why is it that the moment you feel sick it is automatically blamed on the food. Perhaps you went to the toilet and even though you washed your hands on the way out the person before you left didnt and left his yuckies on the door handle or the ladies before you at the QC buffet didnt cover her mouth before sneezing.

Why is it the tendancy nowdays to lay blame on something...cant we just say...man i've been crook, dont know where I caught that.

I agree, and if you get sick seven times a year then you have other problems, including learning from your mistakes I suspect! Without evidence it's all circumstantial, and if you had evidence you would be pursuing the culprits for recompense!

 

[Tortuga]

Oh for goodness sake, the on board meals for Jet Star most probably come from the same catering company kitchen as those that go to Qantas and half a dozen other airlines and if there was a problem then a large number of persons on board that flight would be affected. When you are in an enviroment where thousands of people are present everyday, like a busy airport, you are going to pick up germs from just about any surface you touch. Why is it that the moment you feel sick it is automatically blamed on the food. Perhaps you went to the toilet and even though you washed your hands on the way out the person before you left didnt and left his yuckies on the door handle or the ladies before you at the QC buffet didnt cover her mouth before sneezing

Why is it the tendancy nowdays to lay blame on something...cant we just say...man i've been crook, dont know where I caught that.

You don't happen to work for Jetstar do you?

You have my sympathies, a few months back I had a food poisoning from chicken. After 5-6 hours I was in the bathroom throwing my guts up while on the toilet at the same time, would not wish it on anybody. I got it very bad and could not keep anything down, even a sip of water came back up after a few minutes followed by dry heaving. Girlfriend had to drive me around trying to find a doctor/hospital at 5am after spending the whole night in the bathroom. Driving around vomiting water into a bucket is not fun, nor walking down the street vomiting.. Ended up in hospital with severe dehydration spent the next 36 hours on a drip and got a few needles in my bum. Worst feeling ever... Usually you have a good idea/instinct as to what the culprit was, so you are probably right thinking it was the pork.

 

[eric2011]

You don't happen to work for Jetstar do you?

No I dont, would it matter if I did.
What I am saying is that if Jetstar dished up a bad meal then it would have been dished up to potentially hundreds if not thousands of people that day through jetstar, qantas, singapore airlines, british airlines and others who all get there food from the same airline catering company,and I am sure we would have heard about it, especially on a forum like here where we seem to bag the airlines alot

 

[markis10]

You don't happen to work for Jetstar do you?... you have a good idea/instinct as to what the culprit was, so you are probably right thinking it was the pork.

That's something of a cheap shot, I don't think anyone is defending Jetstar, just pointing out that there is no EVIDENCE. As for the concept that your instinct is normally right in these matters, the conversations I have had with medicos indicate that the majority of people are surprised what caused their food illness when the evidence comes back!

 

[Mal Ware]

Oh for goodness sake, the on board meals for Jet Star most probably come from the same catering company kitchen as those that go to Qantas and half a dozen other airlines

I very much doubt that meal came from the same catering company as Qantas, hence my question here to see if anyone actually knows. It had a cheap made in asia look at taste to it.

and if there was a problem then a large number of persons on board that flight would be affected.

Which is one of the reasons I posted my experience here to see if anyone else has encountered the same or similar. I also informed Jetstar so if there are "others" they can look into it...

Why is it the tendancy nowdays to lay blame on something...cant we just say...man i've been crook, dont know where I caught that.

Well because getting onto the plane in good health and only eating that food kind of points to the food I was served. I cannot confirm that it was the Jetstar food, but I am about 90 percent sure it was that which made me sick.

You don't happen to work for Jetstar do you?

I was thinking the same thing....

You have my sympathies, a few months back I had a food poisoning from chicken. After 5-6 hours I was in the bathroom throwing my guts up while on the toilet at the same time, would not wish it on anybody. I got it very bad and could not keep anything down, even a sip of water came back up after a few minutes followed by dry heaving. Girlfriend had to drive me around trying to find a doctor/hospital at 5am after spending the whole night in the bathroom. Driving around vomiting water into a bucket is not fun, nor walking down the street vomiting.. Ended up in hospital with severe dehydration spent the next 36 hours on a drip and got a few needles in my bum. Worst feeling ever... Usually you have a good idea/instinct as to what the culprit was, so you are probably right thinking it was the pork.

Yeah its not good, you pretty much described how I was, thankfully I didn't need a drip although they said they would put me on one but ended up not doing it.

Since I get food poisoning half a dozen times a year, my experience is that symptoms arise exactly 7 hours from ingestion.

JetStar cuisine is definitely a culprit on those MEL-SIN and MEL-BKK flights IMO..............I always pass on the meal.

I wont be eating on the way back, nor will I every travel with Jetstar to Asia again in Business.

Funny side note, when I checked in at Melbourne I acutally asked the girl at check in what the food was like for business class on Jetstar, she said "It's pretty ordinary at times it can be hit and miss". I laughed when she said this and appreciated her honesty but was more thinking of her reply rather than the substance of it. haha.

 

[eric2011]

Oh, I stand corrected....It was definatly jetstar....no doubt about it

That the finish for me

 

[medhead]

Oh, I stand corrected....It was definatly jetstar....no doubt about it

That the finish for me

Don't worry some people just can't handle the truth.

I love the assumption that jetstar have their own entirely separate catering operation based somewhere in Asia and couldn't conceivably share Qantas catering to save costs.

Do I dare mention my recent experience with Rota virus. Exactly the same symptoms as mentioned here. Came on 16 or more hours after contact with an infected family member. Imagine if I got on a flight to MEL and then SIN in those 16 hours and ended up sick in SIN. I guess it would be the jetstar meal!

Oh well guess I've had a job and career change now and I also work for jetstar. See you at work, mate.


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[Mal Ware]

Don't worry some people just can't handle the truth.

I love the assumption that jetstar have their own entirely separate catering operation based somewhere in Asia and couldn't conceivably share Qantas catering to save costs.

Do I dare mention my recent experience with Rota virus. Exactly the same symptoms as mentioned here. Came on 16 or more hours after contact with an infected family member. Imagine if I got on a flight to MEL and then SIN in those 16 hours and ended up sick in SIN. I guess it would be the jetstar meal!

Oh well guess I've had a job and career change now and I also work for jetstar. See you at work, mate.


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I have not said I am 100 percent sure it was Jetstar, but I believe it was. I cannot prove it was, just the same as you cannot prove it wasn't.

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