Question

What is food poisoning? How is food poisoning caused?

Answer 1

Food poisoning: The disease 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.

Food poisoning is caused by:

• If the food is not covered, stored, or preserved properly, then it gets spoiled by the action of microorganisms (such as bacterial and fungi) on it.
• These microorganisms which cause food poisoning comes into food from the air, dirty hands, unclean food, flies, cockroaches.
• Consumption of such spoilt food causes food poisoning.