FAT-TOM
Foodborn-illness
Microorganisms
100

The is the expansion of the F

Food

100

This is what you get by eating raw or undercooked meat, and eggs or by drinking unpasteurized milk.

Salmonella

100

This is a tiny, single-celled organisms that get nutrients from their environments

Bacteria

200

The is the expansion of the A

Acidity

200

You get this from faecal contamination of vegetables and other foods

E. coli

200

 This is organism, or living thing, that lives on or inside another organism

Parasites

300

The is the expansion of both of the T's

Temperature and Time

300

This bacteria is extremely harmful to unborn babies and pregnant women

Listeria

300

This is tiny particles that cause disease in people, other animals, and plants

Viruses

400

The is the expansion of the O

Oxygen

400

 You get this from cross contamination of foods, such as using the same cutting board or utensils for raw poultry or meat and vegetables without washing

Campylobacteriosis

400

This is a substance produced by a living organism that is very poisonous to other organisms and usually causes antibody formation

Toxins

500

The is the expansion of the M

Moisture

500

This is a highly potent neurotoxic protein that contaminates foods

Botulism

500

This is a simple organism, or living thing, that is neither a plant nor an animal

Fungi

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