Every year, around 2.4 million people in the UK get food poisoning– mostly from viral or bacterial contamination.
Eating outdoorsI rarely eat alfresco – whether picnics or barbecues – as the risk of food poisoning goes up when food is taken outdoors.
For barbecues, meat needs to be thoroughly cooked, and a meat thermometer is a good investment to avoid food poisoning.
AdvertisementAdvertisementIt is also possible to pick up food poisoning from eating any raw shellfish (clams, mussels, whelks, cockles).
The benefits of being a microbiologist are that we know how to avoid food poisoning and, in return, people have confidence our cooking is very safe to eat.
Persons:
Primrose Freestone, —, I'm, Silas Stein, Lisa Marion Smith, Francisco Bonilla
Organizations:
Service, Getty, US Centers for Disease Control, Reuters, University of Leicester
Locations:
San Pancho, vibriosis