Food Poisoning ( Health)

 

What is food poisoning?

 Food Poisoning is an acute condition of symptoms like abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, fever etc. due to consumption of food or drink contaminated with living bacteria or their toxins or inorganic chemical substances including poison delivered from plants like wild mushrooms and sea foods. These conditions may affect vital organs like liver, heart and kidneys which may ultimately lead to organ failure and death.

What are the causes of food poisoning?

There are two categories of food poisoning -

a) Bacterial food poisoning due to living bacteria or their toxins or both bacterial multiplication and toxin formation.

b) Non - bacterial type, due to harmful chemicals like pesticides, fertilizers , arsenic , mercury and toxin containing plants like mushrooms and sea foods.

How to prevent food poisoning?

It can be prevented by practicing some strategies to  food safety.

a) Choose safe raw or cooked materials - like vegetables, fish, meat.

b) Keep your hands and utensils clean.

c) Always keep cooked and raw food separately.

d) Cook food thoroughly.

e) Keep food at safe temperature.