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Food poisoning is a general term for health problems arising from eating contaminated food. Food may be contaminated by bacteria, viruses, environmental toxins, or toxins present within the food itself, such as the poisons in some mushrooms or certain seafood.
food poisoning - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) Illness that results after the ingestion of food contaminated by certain microorganisms or the toxins they produce is known as food poisoning. The term food poisoning is popularly used to describe any illness caused by the ingestion of contaminated food. The term food poisoning, however, is actually one of the two main categories of food-related illness; the other is foodborne illness. Food poisoning refers to the illness that results from ingesting food containing a toxin produced by a microorganism.