Food poisoning is a common, usually mild, but sometimes deadly illness. Typical symptoms include diarrhea abdominal cramping, and that occur suddenly (within 48 hours) after consuming a contaminated food or drink. Depending on the contaminant, fever and chills and nervous system damage may follow. These symptoms may affect one person or a group of people who ate the same thing (called an outbreak).
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that in the United States, food poisoning causes about 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations, and up to 3,000 deaths each year. Norovirus and salmonella are the most common infectious forms of food-borne illness.
- Worldwide, diarrheal illnesses are among the leading causes of death. Travelers to developing countries often encounter food poisoning in the form of traveler's diarrhea or "Montezuma's revenge." Additionally, there are possible new global threats to the world's food supply through terrorist actions using food toxins as weapons.
*Causes of food poisoning
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