Symptoms of food poisoning often include diarrhea, vomiting, upset stomach, or nausea. Anyone can get food poisoning, but some groups of people are more likely to get sick and have a more serious illness.
Steps to Prevent Food Poisoning
- Clean
- Wash your hands and work surfaces before, during, and after preparing food. Germs can survive in many places around your kitchen, including your hands, utensils, cutting boards, and countertops.
- Separate
- Separate raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs from ready-to-eat foods. Use separate cutting boards and keep raw meat away from other foods in your shopping cart and refrigerator.
- Cook
- Cook food to the right internal temperature to kill harmful bacteria. Use a food thermometer.
- Chill
- Keep your refrigerator 40°F or below. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours of cooking (or within 1 hour if food is exposed to a temperature above 90°F, like in a hot car).
Some People Are at Higher Risk
Anyone can get food poisoning, but some groups of people are more likely to get sick and have a more serious illness. Their ability to fight germs and sicknesses may not be as effective. These groups include:
- Adults aged 65 and older
- Children younger than age 5
- People whose immune systems are weakened by health conditions or medicine used to treat them, including people with diabetes, liver or kidney disease, HIV/AIDS, or cancer
- Pregnant people
People who are more likely to get food poisoning should not eat:
- Undercooked or raw food from animals (such as beef, pork, chicken, turkey, eggs, or seafood)
- Raw or lightly cooked sprouts
- Unpasteurized (raw) milk and juices
- Soft cheese (such as queso fresco), unless it is labeled as made with pasteurized milk
5 Symptoms of Severe Food Poisoning
Symptoms of food poisoning often include diarrhea, vomiting, upset stomach, or nausea.
Call your healthcare provider if you have severe symptoms such as:
- Diarrhea and a fever higher than 102°F
- Diarrhea for more than three days that is not improving
- Bloody diarrhea
- So much vomiting that you cannot keep liquids down, which can lead to dehydration
- Dehydration, causes symptoms such as dry mouth and throat, feeling dizzy when standing up, and not urinating (peeing) much
Our company (Rcl safety center) is an indigenous company dedicated to health, safety, and environment training and services.
We will be having our NATIONAL FOOD SAFETY SUMMIT on the 28th of July 2022 in Abuja and on the 26th of August 2022 in Lagos.
WHAT DO YOU LEARN FROM A FOOD SAFETY SEMINAR/SUMMIT?
The summit will bring together everyone who operates in the food/hospitality industry. Attendees will learn the roles of monitoring in the food business by the regulatory agency; NISCN, NAFDAC, SON, Ministry of Health and the importance of such monitoring, the use of technology in training food vendors and those in the hospitality business, reasons for compliance to statutory regulations in the food industry and simple remedies for food poisoning in public spaces.
SUMMIT/Exhibition Date: 28th July 2022. (Abuja), 26th August 2022(Lagos)
Opening Hours: 9:00am – 4:00pm
SUMMIT Materials: All Summit presentations will be available for download on thefoodsafety.org.ng portal.
Exhibitors: Host companies and NISCN Member companies.
Visitors: 5000 expected professionals from all parts of the country.
Admission: Professional visitors, Admission is free upon registration.
Website: www.foodsafety.org.ng
Tele: 08099600070, 08099700070, or 09057666623.