Question

After consuming a dish of mutton, a person complained of nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and pain in the abdomen.​

What causes this disease?​

Answer 1

• The disease is caused due to the presence of a large number of micro-organisms (like bacteria and fungi) in the food, or due to the presence of toxic substances in food formed by the action of micro-organisms, is called food poisoning.​
• The major symptoms of food poisoning are: vomiting, diarrhoea, pain in abdomen, fever.