Food Born Illness
By: Lucas Stout
The virus is caused by eating digesting raw or uncooked food. Food born illness is also caused by animals that are butchered that have contaminated meat or certain diseases. Parasites like Campylobactor can form if the food is left out too long and can result as another cause of food poisoning. Once infected, a body has a time period of about two hours to several days before symptoms start. The amount of time an individual has depends on health and the severity of the illness.
How to Keep Safe
To protect yourself from food born illness, you need to mainly make sure that your food is cooked all the way. The danger zone for bacteria to grow is 40 to 140 degrees. If you arent going to eat the within one hour of it sitting out, you should freeze it. Make sure that when thawing out an item, you use a microwave or an oven. Try to avoid using a slow cooker when thawing, as they often don't heat the food enough.
Food Born Illness in Iowa
In Iowa, the most common cases of food poisoning are caused by berries and fruit. The highest percent of the cases are in Linn County. In 2013 a major outbreak occurred and 45 people were infected with food poisoning The symptoms for these people took about one week to start. Food Born Illness is found all over the world. It is mostly found but not reported in places where proper cooking and preservation techniques are not widely known.
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"Food-borne Illness Sickens 45 in Iowa, 35 in Nebraska." Fox News. FOX News Network, 15 July 2013. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.