Food Poisoning

Food poisoning is defined as any disease of an infectious or toxic nature caused by the consumption of food or drink. It is used to describe the illness caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites. Food poisoning is very common, almost too common. It is very preventable and if everyone just took the necessary precautions then it would be much less of a problem.People get food poisoning for a variety of reasons. When food is left out to long, bacteria starts to grow and these organisms multiply into many more. These are the components that make people sick. With warm, moist food, one bacterium can divide itself every half-hour and produce 16 billion clones in 12 hours. The most common cause of food poisoning is poor personal hygiene. This means yourself, your family, your guests’ hands, and the restaurants who feed you. Washing hands is one of the most important factors to keeping food safe. The second cause is inadequate cooking and cross- contamination.The third cause is when foods are kept as unsafe temperature. To prevent this problem we should be careful about the reasons for which food poisoning is happening.