Most people feel better within 3-5 days, but data from the United States suggest that two people die out of every 1000 reported cases of salmonellosis. Typhoid, a disease no longer common in Australia, is caused by a strain of Salmonella . Moulds Moulds are fungi that commonly occur on damaged fruit, vegetables, stale breads and cakes. While they may not cause dramatic symptoms of food-poisoning, many moulds produce toxic chemicals that can damage the liver and kidneys and suppress the immune system. Food mould experts generally suggest that if it's mouldy, throw it out.
Fact sheets gives information about bacterial pathogens.
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