Food Poisoning
Definition
Food poisoning is a general term for health problems caused by eating contaminated food. Food may be contaminated by bacteria, viruses, toxins (poisons) from the environment,...
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Food Poisoning
Food poisoning means health problems from eating food contaminated by bacteria, viruses, environmental toxins, or toxins within the food. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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Food Safety
In the United States, agencies exist on the federal, state, and local levels to ensure a safe food supply and, in general, the food supply is very safe. However, as many as 81 million peop...
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Food Safety
Food is a source of nutrients not only to humans but to microorganisms as well. The organic compounds and moisture that are often present in foods present an ideal environment for the grow...
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Food-Borne Diseases
Food-borne diseases are illnesses caused when people consume contaminated food or beverages. Contamination is frequently caused by disease-causing microbes called pathogens. Othe...
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Laws in place today make meat processing the most highly regulated sector of the American food industry. Because contaminated meat has the potential to cause serious illness and even death among thous...
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For as long as there have been food safety laws, there have been people arguing that those laws have been overly stringent and based on nonexistent or overstated food scares. An early example of this ...
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Food Poisoning
Food Poisoning
Food Safety
Food-Borne Diseases
Food-Borne Illnesses