food poisoning bacteria
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- Created on: 22-05-18 21:56
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- food poisoning bacteria
- salmonella
- eggs, poultry, cooked meats, unpasteurized milk, insects and sewage
- abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, headache and fever
- 12-36 hours
- most common bacteria found in the UK. Destroyed by heat over 70 degrees
- Staphylococcus Aureus
- human body, droplet infection, raw milk, meat and meat products.
- abdominal pain and severe vomiting
- 1-6 hours
- creates a toxin which causes the illness. High standards of personal hygiene are essential
- Clostridium Perfringens
- raw meat, soil from root vegetables, animal dust excreta, sewage
- abdominal pain, diarrhoea and nausea.
- 12-18 hours
- forms spores which creates a toxin. spores develop in the danger zone and anaerobic conditions
- Bacillus Cereus - vomiting type
- cooked rice
- nausea, vomiting, very rarely diarrhoea
- produces spores. toxins from growth of bacteria in food
- 1-5 hours
- Bacillus Cereus - diarrhoea type
- cereals, cereal products, dust and soil
- diarrhoea, abdominal pains and rarely vomiting
- 8-16 hours
- produces spores, toxins from growth of bacteria in food
- Campylobacter Jejuni
- raw meat and animal contamination
- diarrhoea, headache, fever and abdominal pain
- 1-5 days
- destroyed by heat, most common cause of food poisoning in the UK
- Escherichia Coli 0157
- raw meat and poultry, untreated milk, water and dairy prooducts
- abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting and kidney failure
- 12-24 hours
- causes gastroenteritis and can be fatal. sometimes called 'Traveler's Diarrhoea'
- Listeria Monocytogenes
- cook-chill foods and ready meals, untreated dairy products and pate
- mild flu to serious complications. can cause miscarriages
- 1-70 days
- pregnant women and new born babies, the sick and elderly are all at risk. store food below 5 degrees and reheat thoroughly as it can survive adverse conditions
- Shingella (Bacillary Dysentery)
- water, milk, salad and vegetables
- diarrhoea, fever, vomiting and abdominal pain
- 1-7 days
- common among young children although infection can occur in all ages after travelling to areas where hygiene is poor
- salmonella
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