19 Apr, 2009
What Are The Factors That Cause Foodborne Diseases / Food Poisoning?
Posted by: admin In: Food Safety and Hygiene
The factors which cause foodborne diseases and food poisoning are chemical materials such as pesticides, detergents and plastics, natural food toxins, parasites and microorganisms such as bacteria, yeast and mold.
If the amount of chemical materials, which contaminated to food from outside or added for special aim, over limit, They may cause food poisoning.
Foods are contaminated by metals from utensils that are not appropriate for food storage. Keeping acidic foods in dishes which include copper or lead causes heavy metal poisoning. So, foods must not contact directly with untinned copper, colored plastic or aluminium.
Pesticides which are used to increase efficiency in agricultural products may also contaminate foods due to misuse.
Some foods includes compounds which is named “toxin”. For example, certain fungi species, honey and rattooned potato may causes food poisoning due to natural toxins in their structure.
Microorganism, especially bacteria, are responsible for foodborne diseases. Generally, bacteria that grow in foods which are prepared or cooked under unhygienic conditions cause food poisonings.
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