Food borne diseases is extremely costly. ... There are more than 250 known food borne diseases. ... Some of the illnesses are the following: Botulism Campylobacteriosis E. coli infection Salmonellosis Shinellosis How Food Become Contaminated There are many opportunities for food to become contaminated. Many food borne organisms are present in healthy animals raised for food. ... Preventing Food Borne Diseases Many times, food borne disease can be easy to avoid. ...

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Kerner's experiments led to a better understanding of the neurological symptoms of food-borne botulism. ... Dr.Van Ermengem, found a spore-forming bacterium he named Bacillus botulinus that lead to food born botulism. ... Food borne botulism is caused my consuming a food that has been contaminated by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum. ... The highest cases of food borne botulism occur due to consuming improperly processed home-canned foods or home-preserved meats. ... In food borne botulism, symptoms generally begin 18 to 36 hours after eating a contaminated food, but they can occur as e...

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Today food-borne illnesses are getting a lot of press. ... The following information show's some of the characteristics of the major organisms that cause food-borne illnesses. ... The next most prevalent food-borne illness causing bacteria is staphylococcus. ... Botulism, the deadly illness, is caused by clostridium botulinum and can release a fatal toxin when grown. ... Those organisms were a few of the many that cause food-borne illnesses. ...

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As the food chain grows ever longer we're increasingly dependent upon others to provide us with safe food. ... Unlike most other food-borne bacteria, which only grow at room temperature, Listeria monocytogenes can also grow in cold, refrigerated environments. ... Decreasing food inspectors and irradiating food is not the answer to the problem of food contamination and food-borne illness. ... Food irradiation has not been proven safe by any long-term studies and is no substitute for thorough food inspection by the USDA. ... How about Tapeworm and botulism? ...

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Primitive people used poisonous darts and arrows to hunt for food and in battles between tribes. ... They were used during the Vietnam War to destroy the enemy's crops and to ruin their food supply. ... Many animals too, were said to have died because of eating contaminated food. ... Botulism: caused by a toxin, it is a deadly form of food poisoning; it is an extremely strong form of nerve poison. Just a very small ingestion of botulism results in death. ...

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