Journal of Food, Nutrition and Population Health Open Access

Abstract

FOOD BORNE ILLNESS

L. Iacoviello

Foodborne illness (also foodborne disease and colloquially mentioned as food poisoning)[1] is any illness resulting from the spoilage of contaminated food, pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites that contaminate food,[2] also as prions (the agents of "mad cow disease", and toxins like aflatoxins in peanuts, poisonous mushrooms, and various species of beans that haven't been boiled for a minimum of 10 minutes.