How can you prevent food poisoning?

Food poisoning is very common around us. When it occurs, the symptoms may be mild, such as vomiting and diarrhea, or severe, such as fainting and shock. Therefore, it is necessary to take effective measures to help prevent it in normal times. However, many people may not know what methods can truly prevent poisoning. Next, we will summarize the collected information. Let us read the article together to find out.

1. Be careful in selecting and identifying food, and do not buy or eat poisonous food, such as puffer fish, poisonous mushrooms, sprouted potatoes, etc. Do not randomly pick and eat unfamiliar or unknown animals and plants (wild mushrooms, wild fruits, wild vegetables, etc.). Do not eat rotten or spoiled food. Spoiled food often contains a variety of viruses and is most likely to cause food poisoning.

2. Cooked food must be heated thoroughly, cooked food must be eaten immediately, and the storage temperature of cooked food should be below 7°C. Stored cooked food must be thoroughly heated before eating. Meat, in particular, must be cooked thoroughly to prevent it from being cooked on the outside but raw on the inside.

3. Avoid contact between raw food and cooked food. Do not use knives and cutting boards used to cut raw food to cut cooked food. Raw and cooked food should be stored separately. In addition, fruits and vegetables should be washed and disinfected before being eaten raw.

4. Prevent insects, rodents and other animals from coming into contact with food. Do not eat prohibited raw aquatic products such as hairy clams, mud clams, giant clams, and stir-fried clams.

5. Do not buy food from unlicensed vendors. Do not buy canned foods or other packaged foods without trademarks or labels such as production date, production unit, or shelf life.

6. Store food in accordance with low-temperature refrigeration requirements to control the reproduction of microorganisms. In addition, wash your hands before meals and after going to the toilet. Prevention of food poisoning should start with good personal hygiene.

Generally speaking, as long as you can strictly follow the above content provided by the editor, you can completely avoid food poisoning, so it is best for everyone to read it in detail several times, and it is best to insist on implementing it. Don't think it is cumbersome and become careless, so as to achieve the goal of daily food safety and hygiene.