Question

Select a food-borne illness that has affected you, a friend or family member, or was in the news recently and tell us about the food and the illness. For example, was the there a recall on a food item recently? Was a restaurant closed?

Did you realize that you or a friend or family member has a food purchasing,preparation,cooking or storage practice that is unsafe?If so what is it and what can you do to remedy the situation?Id not , offer us to a piece of practical advice to avoid food borne illness given their busy lives.

Answer 1

Two months back, I suffered from food poisoning after attaining a party that served rice and soups. I got severe abdominal cramps and watery diarrhoea. Some other individuals who attended the same party also suffered from similar illness. Laboratory results confirmed that it was a case of food poisoning caused by Bacillus cereus. The physician advised us to take plenty of fluids and to take rest for a couple of days. The illness is caused because the prepared foods were kept in the room temperature for too long. Inorder to avoid these kinds of Bacillus cereus food poisoning, hot foods should be kept hot at more than 140 degree Fahrenheit and cold foods should be kept colder than 40 degree Fahrenheit.