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Food Bourne illness

Illness from eating food contaminated with pathogens, toxins, or chemicals.

another name for foodborne illness?

Food poisoning

How many Canadians get foodborne illness yearly?

1 in 8

Food poisoning in severe cases leads to

Death or hospitalization

What does CFIA do?

Inspects food, enforces laws checks bylaws, checks labels, issues recalls

Public health agency Canada

Tracks outbreaks to inform the public

3 key food safety controls

Licensing, preventative controls, tracing

Food infection

Illness from toxins already in foods

% Of food Bourne illness caused by norovirus

65%

Norovirus spreads by

Contact, contaminated foods/surfaces, food, shellfish

Main risk of norovirus

Dehydration

How are bacteria spread

Contaminated food, water, air, soil

Bacteria causing illness

Salmonella, e.coli, campylobacter, clostridium perfriengens

Salmonella is known for

Hugh hospitalization and death rates

Parasites

Organisms that benefit while harming the host

Parasite examples

Helmithes(worms) _Protozoa

How ao you get parasites

Undercooked meats or contaminated food/water