8 Often Foods Become the Intermediary Bacteria Cause Poisoning

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Food poisoning is not a case that can be considered trivial. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports an estimated 600 million cases of poisoning annually worldwide.

According to the Australian Institute of Food Safety food poisoning does not always come from foreign food but also can be from foods that are already familiar in our environment. Here's the list as quoted detikHealth from Food Safety, Wednesday (08/08/2017).

1. Poultry

A number of bacteria love to gather in raw poultry meat. That's why the case of poisoning due to poultry occurs due to the cooking process that does not kill the bacteria as a whole. Not washing it before cooking can also spread the bacteria.

2. Eggs

Eggs are healthy and can be a good source of protein. But when they consume it raw or undercooked thoroughly, salmonella bacteria can attack the body and cause poisoning. Keep in mind, salmonella is not only in the eggshell but can also enter into it.

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3. Green vegetables

Green vegetables need to be cooked first to avoid bacteria like E.coli which usually live the soil in which the vegetables grow.

Before cooking any vegetables should be washed with running water, in addition to reduce the risk of bacterial contamination but also to eliminate the remaining pesticides.

4. Milk

It's fresh to consume milk that has just been milked, but the risk is also high. Although milk is one of the first aid when food poisoning, but fresh milk is not heated can be a place of bacteria salmonella, E. coli, or listeria.

Should the milk be pasteurized to kill the existing bacteria and avoid the possibility of food poisoning.

5. Cheese

Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that usually contaminates cheese. The danger is that these bacteria are resistant to high temperatures. So, the best way to prevent the spread of bacteria, keep the cheese under 5 degrees Celsius and hold the cheese in clean hands (or use gloves).

6. Sprouts

Grown in warm and wet areas make a nice nest sprouts for bacterial growth such as salmonella and E.coli. If you eat sprouts in a raw state, you should first with heat to bacteria that exist can die first.

7. Seafood

Foods such as shellfish become dangerous because the algae that live in them produce toxins. Even a number of cases of shellfish poisoning are also well known in the medical world such as eurotoxic shellfish poisoning, amnestic shellfish poisoning and paralytic shellfish poisoning.

Likewise if the fish is not stored in the right temperature. Rotting fish flesh can produce histamine compounds that can cause Scombroid poisoning.

8. Meat

The meat especially raw meat is very easy to get bacteria such as listeria. Therefore, storing meat should continue to be below 5 degrees Celsius temperature to prevent bacterial development. Cooking must also be well-done to ensure the bacteria are completely dead.