FOOD POISONING

Food poisoning is an illness caused by eating contaminated food

DIFFERENT WAYS OUR FOOD CAN GET CONTAMINATED AND HOW TO AVOID THEM.

•  Fingernails 

Fingernails that are
 long and untidy can  accumulate germs. And its no news that germs causes disease. Hence its important to always cut our fingernails, if we cannot keep it clean and tidy. And in cases of we desiring to keep long fingernails, we need to always keep them clean at all times in other to avoid minor food poisoning

• Canned Foods

Canned  foods, plastic drinks and food rapped with polythene, are all sources of contamination to our food.
It is shocking to know that when the sardine can is out of shape(deformed or swollen) we sometimes trick our minds to think it's the fishes that are swelling due to heat of storage.  NO, it is because the fishes are contaminated with a bacteria called Clostridium Botulinum which causes Botulism. We need to be careful of  what we buy, and always inspect thoroughly before purchasing.

• Plastic Drinks

Plastic drinks that are exposed to constant sunlight, loses its concentration, making the drink to be "Flat"(to  lose its taste and conservative gas) hence when we drink this it causes poisoning. One way to detect a flat drink is to vigorously shake the drink, if bubbles appear at the surface or top of the  drink it is still good, but if no bubbles appear, you have a flat drink at hand and you need to dispose immediately without drinking.

 

• Polythene Bags(Nylon)

Most retailers seller uses polythene bags (nylon) to sell their products. This isn't wrong except if the products are placed in the bags and under the sun for long. Placing the polythene  bags in the sun for long can cause cancer to the body cells.
Hence anytime we want to buy any food material or product it is important to request for the fresh ones which have not been packed into the polythene bags before we get there.We need to ensure that these products are placed in fresh and clean bags in our presence.

We at CHOP beta will make sure that all products we sell to you are fresh. We would also try our best to inform you about the habit of eating right. Join us on this journey into eating right and enjoying good health.