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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.
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.
v. t. e. Food safety (or food hygiene) is used as a scientific method/discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness. The occurrence of two or more cases of a similar illness resulting from the ingestion of a common food is known as a food-borne disease outbreak. [1]
15 Common Food Poisoning Risks 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 ...
Raw eggs. Unpasteurized dairy products. Unpasteurized juices. Prepared salads (especially with creamy dressings) Raw sprouts. Unwashed fruits and vegetables. While some measures can help make some ...
A head chef or food taster sampling dishes in Feast of Bartolomeo Colleoni in honor of Christian I of Denmark, attributed to Romanino (1467) A food taster is a person who ingests food that was prepared for someone else, to confirm it is safe to eat. One who tests drinks in this way is known as a cupbearer. The person to whom the food is to be ...
1850s – Swill milk scandal in New York. 1857 – adulteration of bread with alum in London, causing rickets. [3] 1857 – Esing Bakery incident: poisoning of bread with arsenic in Hong Kong targeting the colonial community. [4] 1858 – sweets poisoned with arsenic in Bradford, England.
Salmonella enterica subsp. salamae. Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped (bacillus) gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae. The two known species of Salmonella are Salmonella enterica and Salmonella bongori. S. enterica is the type species and is further divided into six subspecies [2][3] that include over 2,650 serotypes. [4]