The aim of this lecture is to present on what is food born illness. Illness resulting from eating food contaminated with a bacteria or virus. May cause outbreaks where many people become sick, with the same illness at the same time (about 10% of a population). Usually contaminated food comes from a location away from home (restaurant, baseball game etc.). The tracking of outbreaks of illness (not always food illness) to discover where the original source of contamination came from.
Food Born Illness
