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  2. Food poisoning is extremely common. But that doesn't ... - AOL

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    Food poisoning, also known as foodborne illness, is a common sickness caused by swallowing food or liquids that contain harmful bacteria, viruses or parasites, and sometimes even chemicals.

  3. From frozen waffles to onions: How recent recalls highlight ...

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    A CDC study on listeria outbreaks from 1998 through 2014 attributed 30% of the cases to soft cheese, which due to its higher moisture content, is a better host for the pathogen than hard cheese ...

  4. Norovirus - Wikipedia

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    In one incident, a person who vomited spread the infection across a restaurant, suggesting that many unexplained cases of food poisoning may have their source in vomit. [16] In December 1998, 126 people were dining at six tables; one person vomited onto the floor. Staff quickly cleaned up, and people continued eating.

  5. Food poisoning is awful. Here are 9 tips to help avoid it. - AOL

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    Le says that if you are having an outdoor food-based gathering like a barbecue or picnic, it’s ideal to use alcohol burners to keep food above 165°F, ensuring the food remains outside the ...

  6. Foodborne illness - Wikipedia

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    Foodborne illness (also known as foodborne disease and food poisoning) [1] is any illness resulting from the contamination of food by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites, [2] as well as prions (the agents of mad cow disease), and toxins such as aflatoxins in peanuts, poisonous mushrooms, and various species of beans that have not been boiled for at least 10 minutes.

  7. Salmonellosis - Wikipedia

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    Salmonellosis is a symptomatic infection caused by bacteria of the Salmonella type. [1] It is the most common disease to be known as food poisoning (though the name refers to food-borne illness in general), these are defined as diseases, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food.

  8. List of foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States

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    Cases of food poisoning began to be reported in the New York State area on October 18, 2012. The CDC eventually concluded this was an example of O157:H7, its code for a strain of E. coli that is noteworthy for seeming to have genes from a different species, shigella, producing an unusual toxin, though not one especially lethal to human beings ...

  9. 15 Common Food Poisoning Risks - AOL

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    The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that every year 48 million Americans, or roughly one in six people, get sick from foodborne illnesses, and about 3,000 cases each year are ...