How does food safety affect people with immune problem?

Answer 1

Food safety is important for everyone, as it can reduce or eliminate many food-borne illnesses. However, food safety is of critical importance for people with compromised immune systems because they have a more difficult time fighting of food-borne infections.

Food safety consists of keeping raw meats separated from foods that will be eaten raw, cooking meat to a safe internal temperature, returning cooked foods to the fridge after finishing a meal and discarding foods that have been left on the counter too long. For a good reference, you can search for consumer information on the USDA FSIS website.

Answer 2

Food poisoning occurs when a person consumes food containing harmful toxins or microorganisms, usually bacteria. Each year more than 2 million Americans report illnesses that are traced to foods they have eaten. The actual number of food poisoning cases is almost certainly well above that number, however, because people often mistake the symptoms of food poisoning for those of intestinal flu.