Food poisoning refers to a disease characterized mainly by an acute process, caused by consuming food contaminated with bacteria and spoiled, or by consuming food contaminated with toxic chemicals or inherently toxic foods. Food poisoning generally has a short incubation period, rapid onset, and within a short period, a large number of people who have eaten the same food fall ill simultaneously. All patients have similar clinical features, primarily gastrointestinal symptoms. To prevent food poisoning, the following points should be noted:
1. Do not eat spoiled or rotten food;
2. Do not eat food contaminated with harmful chemicals or radioactive substances;
3. Do not eat raw seafood, freshwater fish, meat, etc.;
4. Raw and cooked food should be stored separately;
5. Knives and cutting boards used for raw food should not be used for cooked food;
6. Do not eat meat from dead poultry or livestock;
7. Do not eat poisonous mushrooms, pufferfish, raw green beans, sprouted potatoes, moldy sugarcane, etc.