| Food poisoning isn't always the result of grossly | | | | eating the food can be a victim of food poisoning. It is |
| unhygienic conditions. It can happen when a relatively | | | | clear therefore that food poisoning is a real threat and |
| minor flaw ends up resulting in contaminated food. | | | | one must take care to prevent it and also know about |
| Take for example under cooked ground beef. Since E | | | | the symptoms such as E Coli symptoms so that in the |
| Coli is present in a healthy cow it can easily get into | | | | event food poisoning does occur remedial action is |
| beef products if due care is not taken. Although great | | | | take at the earliest. |
| care is taken to avoid this, some beef products such | | | | In most cases full recovery is possible if the E Coli |
| as ground beef are vulnerable. There are many other | | | | poisoning is detected early and remedial action is take. |
| foods that can potentially carry E Coli. Some are, | | | | The E Coli symptoms are abdominal cramps and |
| non-pasteurized milk, leafy green vegetables such as | | | | diarrhea which can be bloody. The diarrhea can cause |
| spinach, juice, salami and sprouts. Unclean water is | | | | dehydration if due care is not taken. Though in the vast |
| another source of E Coli poisoning. Since the list | | | | majority of the cases timely treatment will lead to a full |
| contains several items that we eat or drink routinely | | | | recovery in a small number of cases serious |
| there is a constant risk of poisoning taking place. And | | | | complications that are life threatening can occur. |
| whenever we eat at a place that does not employ the | | | | Therefore the incidence of E Coli poisoning should not |
| highest standards of food safety and hygiene we are | | | | be taken lightly at all and if one notices an E Coli |
| at risk of food poisoning. | | | | symptom one should act with urgency and seek |
| Normally the E Coli should get destroyed during the | | | | medical help. The old and the very young are more |
| cooking but in the case of undercooked food the E | | | | vulnerable and run a greater risk of facing serious |
| Coli may not be completely destroyed and the person | | | | problems caused by the poisoning. |