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Provides resources with information on foodborne (food borne) illnesses, including the causes, the symptoms, and the prevention of foodborne illnesses.
The risk of foodborne illnesses increases during the summer when temperatures are warmer and people are more likely to be cooking outside at picnics, barbeques, and on camping trips. You can minimize your family's risk of food poisoning by following some simple guidelines about food safety.
Source: Health Canada
Food contaminated by bacteria, viruses and parasites can make you sick. Many people have had foodborne illness and not even known it.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
To decrease the risk of foodborne illness during the holiday season, follow these safe food handling tips.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
You can get or spread foodborne illnesses if you don't clean your kitchen properly or if you don't store food properly. Follow these food safety tips to help keep your kitchen safe.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Information on proper use a food thermometer.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Food poisoning is an illness that results when you eat foods contaminated by harmful organisms, such as bacteria, parasites, or viruses.
Source: Government of British Columbia - Ministry of Health Services
Information on the foodborne illness Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome; its symptoms; where you can come in contact with E. coli 0157:H7 and how you can protect yourself and your family.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Information on Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP) and domoic acid; symptoms and how to protect yourself and your family.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Clostridium botulinum (C. botulinum) causes the foodborne illness called botulism. Botulism is a food intoxication. Foodborne illness occurs when a person consumes food contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, viruses or parasites. This condition is often referred to as "food poisoning".
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Information on Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacteriosis; symptoms and how you can protect yourself and your family. Find out what are producers, processors and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) are doing to protect consumers.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Information on Ciguatera Poisoning; its symptoms; how to protect myself and your family.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Find out more information on the foodborne illness Clostridium perfringens; its and how to protect yourself and your family.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Find out more information on Cyclospora cayetanensis (Cyclospora) and cyclosporiasis; symptoms; where you can come in contact with Cyclospora and how you can protect yourself and your family.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Information on Listeria monocytogenes and listeriosis; symptoms; where you can come in contact with listeria monocytogenes and how to protect yourself and your family.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Information on Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP); its symptoms; where you can come into contact with PSP and how to protect yourself and your family.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Information on Scombroid Poisoning; symptoms; where you can come into contact with scombroid poisoning and how you can protect yourself and your family.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Information on Toxoplasma Gondii and Toxoplasmosis; symptoms of Toxoplasmosis; where you can come in contact with Toxoplasma gondii and how to protect yourself and your family
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Listeria monocytogenes (commonly called Listeria) is a type of bacterium often found in food and elsewhere in nature. It can cause a rare but serious disease called listeriosis, especially among pregnant women, the elderly or individuals with a weakened immune system.
Source: Health Canada
Salmonella are bacteria that cause intestinal illness (salmonellosis) in humans, usually because they have eaten contaminated food.
Source: Health Canada
Information on Salmonella and salmonellosis; symptoms of salmonellosis; where you can come in contact with Salmonella and how to protect yourself and your family.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
People who eat food or drink water contaminated by Shigella can become ill with shigellosis. Information on Shigella and shigellosis; symptoms; how you can get shigellosis; what foods can carry Shigella and how you can protect yourself and your family.
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
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Source: Canada Health Portal
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