New Delhi. Thorough washing and proper cooking of fruits and vegetables can eliminate most bacteria’s causing food poisoning, said Dr. K K Aggarwal, President, Heart Care Foundation of India and E MedinewS.
Food borne illnesses or food poisoning usually comes from eating food tainted with bacteria or their toxins. Virus and parasites can also be behind the food poisoning. People have long known that raw meat, poultry and eggs can also harbour diseases causing microbes. But in recent years most outbreaks of food borne illnesses are due to fresh fruits and vegetables.
Food poisoning can cause abdominal pain, nausea, headache, fatigue, vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration. Symptoms may appear several hours to several days after eating tainted food. For example, Salmonella bacteria will cause illness 12 hours to 3 days after ingestion lasting about 4-7 days. The most common way to treat food poisoning is to drink plenty of fluids. The sickness usually subsides within a few days.
Dr. Aggarwal said that with the onset of summer the cases of food poisoning would also increase. The sale of cut open fruits and vegetables throughout the year and not during summer season only should be banned all over the country.
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