foodborne illnesses
Do you know that foodborne illnesses are caused by consuming contaminated foods or beverages? We have many different disease causing microbes or pathogens that can contaminate foods. Most of this are infections caused by a variety of bacteria, viruses and parasites . Other diseases are poisonings caused by harmful toxins or chemicals that have contaminated food. Food which has become contaminated with harmful bacteria does not always taste bad. Most of the time it looks, smells and tastes like it normally does. So.. Beware what food you like to eat. The most commonly contaminated foods are raw meat (including chicken), raw or undercooked eggs, and unpasteurized milk. Fortunately, salmonella are killed when the food is cooked thoroughly. Foods Associated with Foodborne Illness Foods Associated with Foodborne Illness Raw foods of animal origin, that is, raw meat and poultry, raw eggs, unpasteurized milk, and raw she...