What is foodborne illness

The so-called foodborne diseases, in layman's terms, are diseases caused by poor diet, mainly referring to diseases that enter the body through the mouth. They include infectious diseases and toxic diseases. The most common one is food poisoning, which causes intestinal infectious diseases. In addition, zoonotic infectious diseases or parasitic diseases are also relatively common diseases of this type. It is currently a human disease and one of the most prominent health issues in the world today.

Disease Pathogens Foodborne diseases can have pathogens and may also have different pathologies and clinical manifestations. However, these diseases have a common characteristic, which is that they are caused by eating behavior. This provides an effective way to prevent these diseases: strengthening food hygiene supervision and management, advocating reasonable nutrition, controlling food pollution, and improving food hygiene quality can effectively prevent the occurrence of foodborne diseases.

Disease characteristics 1. Food transmission All food poisoning is a disease caused by pathogenic factors entering the body through food and water as carriers.