NUTRITION
FOOD SAFETY
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Question
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one person gets ill after eating food
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one person gets ill after eating food that was not completely cooked
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two or more people get the same illness after eating different foods.
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two or more people get the same illness after eating the same food.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is a foodborne disease outbreak? A foodborne disease outbreak occurs when two or more people get the same illness from the same contaminated food or drink. Nearly all of the more than 250 agents known to cause foodborne illness can cause an outbreak.
Detailed explanation-2: -When two or more people from different households get the same illness from the same contaminated food or drink, the event is called a foodborne outbreak.
Detailed explanation-3: -A confirmed foodborne disease outbreak is defined as an incident in which two or more persons experience a similar illness after ingestion of a common food or meal and epidemiologic evaluation implicates the meal or food as the source of illness. Confirmed outbreaks may or may not be laboratory-confirmed.
Detailed explanation-4: -Salmonella can cause salmonellosis and typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever. Botulism is most often caused by Clostridium botulinum. Some other germs that cause foodborne illness include Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, hepatitis A virus, Shigella, and Yersinia.