There are many diseases transmitted for food, most are caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites, but also they may contain toxic chemicals or other substances harmful to our body. These different diseases have many different symptoms, but symptoms are listed first are nausea , vomiting, abdominal cramps and diarrhea. The types of food borne illness are: INFECTIONS: are diseases that result from the ingestion of food containing harmful living organisms. For example, salmonellosis, viral hepatitis type A and toxoplasmosis.
POISON: are the ETA produced by the ingestion of toxins formed in the tissues of plants or animals, or of metabolic products of microorganisms in food, or chemicals that are incorporated into them by accident, incidental or intentional, from production to consumption.
In the case of microorganisms, their toxins usually have no odor or taste and are capable of causing disease after the microorganism has been eliminated. For example, botulism (caused by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum ).
TOXI-INFECTIONS CAUSED BY FOOD: It food intake with a number of disease-causing microorganisms, which are able to produce or release toxins once ingested. For example as cholera outbreak.
Reference: PANAFTOSA
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