What is food poisoning ? How is it caused?
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Explanation:
Food poisoning, also called foodborne illness, is illness caused by eating contaminated food. Infectious organisms — including bacteria, viruses and parasites — or their toxins are the most common causes of food poisoning
Answer : 1) If the food is not covered property, stored properly or preserved, they it gets spoiled by the action of micro - organisms.
2) micro -organism that grows in our food sometimes produce toxic substance.
3) It spoiled food gives foul smell and bad taste.
4) Its colour may also change.
5)The disease caused to the presence of large number of micro -organism in the food, formed by the action of micro -organism is called Food poisoning.
6) The micro -organisms which cause food poisoning come into food that air ,dirty hands, unclean food containers, flies, cockroachs, insects,rats or farm animals.