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- disease acquired from eating or drinking contaminated food or water
This term can include any type of illness that you can get from eating food that is contaminated.
It can include illness from bacteria, viruses, parasites, chemicals, allergies or naturally occurring
poisons such as some mushrooms.
- symptoms can include stomach cramps, fever, headache, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea
Symptoms can be almost anything, however, vomiting and diarrhea are most common.
- onset of symptoms usually occurs between 1 hour and 5 days after eating the contaminated food
In severe cases, vomiting can occur almost immediately. The length of time it takes for the
symptoms to begin will depend on the type of organism which causes the illness, the immune
system of the person and the amount of organism the person ate.
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