Definition of food poisoning in US English:
food poisoning
nounˈfud ˌpɔɪz(ə)nɪŋˈfo͞od ˌpoiz(ə)niNG
Illness caused by bacteria or other toxins in food, typically with vomiting and diarrhea.
I had a very bad case of food poisoning
salmonella food poisoning
as modifier food poisoning outbreaks
Example sentencesExamples
- For further information about food poisoning, please see the separate encyclopaedia topic.
- You're going to find tips and help hot lines for everything from food poisoning to tick bites.
- This will enable experts to quickly finger culprit microbes in food poisoning outbreaks.
- Three weeks before the Athens Olympics she was struck down by food poisoning and appendicitis and lost 5kg in body weight.
- We will see less food poisoning, fewer medical infections, and fewer fires.
- You have to do a special test to find out if the bacteria that causes food poisoning and can kill was present.
- Some types of normal intestinal bacteria can cause food poisoning.
- Greasy pig disease, a kind of eczema, may also be producing toxins which contribute to food poisoning.
- With other types of food poisoning, the bacteria multiply in the body first before causing symptoms.
- Most food poisoning is caused by bacteria that multiply rapidly.
- The recall follows a major outbreak of food poisoning this month when 14,000 people fell ill after drinking tainted milk.
- Gastroenteritis may be caused by food poisoning, or by infection with a bacteria or virus.
- Food allergy can be mixed up with a food intolerance or food poisoning.
- If your child has Clostridium food poisoning, symptoms will probably pass in a day or two.
- Initially doctors thought she had salmonella food poisoning.
- Nearly a quarter of outbreaks of food poisoning are blamed on poultry.
- A total of 130 people have now been affected by a massive outbreak of food poisoning in Bradford.
- The most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis is food poisoning.
- When added to food, honey can slow the growth of some of the bacteria that cause food poisoning.
- Investigation revealed the cases were caused by bacteria food poisoning.