Food poisoning in this festive period

For the majority of folks, the festive season is that
moment where certain delicacies are consumed.
Christmas through to New Year's Day is that time
when meaty foods, rice and all are gobbled with
the merriment of a lifetime. Although some folks
eat these meals throughout the year, the human
trait will somehow 'programme' them into
believing there is no better joy to the same meaty
and oily foods than during the festive season.
But it is also during merriment that we are most
susceptible to anomalies, included food-related
kinds. That is why food poisoning, also known as
food-borne diseases, are common around
Christmas and New Year's Day.
Food poisoning is an illness caused by eating
contaminated food. Infectious organisms,
including various bacteria, viruses and parasites,
or their toxins are the most common causes of
food poisoning.
Infectious organisms or their toxins can
contaminate food at any point during its
processing or production. Contamination can also
occur at home if food is incorrectly handled or
cooked.
So many of the foods that we look forward to
during the holiday season, whether it be beef,
pork, or baked goods, we hardly eat during the
rest of the year. The result can mean sacrificing
flavour or worse, making guests sick as a result
of improper cooking methods.
It is not uncommon to find people prepare the
festive meal for several generations within a
family, including people who are at greater risk if
they get food poisoning such as children,
pregnant women, the elderly and people with
compromised immune systems.
People keep foods that are to be eaten row with
the foods to be cooked like meat and vegetables
forgetting that microorganisms that cause
bacteria's move from the to be cooked foods to
the non-cook able ones.
Many bacterial, viral and parasitic agents cause
food poisoning. Contamination of food can
happen at any point during its production,
especially processing, storing, and preparing.
Cross-contamination is the transfer of harmful
organisms from one surface to another for exam
for fish to salads.
But this leaves certain foodstuff such as raw
ready-to-eat foods, including salads fruits and
vegetables, open to contamination.