Describe in detail 10 common factors which contribute to food poisoning

... Angela Clucas - Human Nutrition HND Food Safety: Law Assignment Describe in detail 10 common factors which contribute to food poisoning Food poisoning can be defined as: "An acute (arising suddenly and of short duration) gastroenteritis caused by the ingestion of food." - www.food.gov.uk Food poisoning is characterized by the following symptoms: * Abdominal Pain * Diarrhoea * With or without vomiting * With or without fever Major problems with food poisoning occur in the very young, the very elderly and those with otherwise reduced immunological defences. The major problem is with dehydration and loss of electrolytes and is a main cause of infant and child mortality in the developing world. Some authors exclude food-borne illness that are caused by primary human pathogens (that are adapted to the human host) from their definition of food poisoning, examples include Salmonella Typhoid and Dysentery caused by Shigella Dysenteriae. The term 'food poisoning' is reserved for those diseases produced by bacterial exotoxins, for example

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