Safe Food Foodborne Illness A foodborne illness is a disease or infection that is carried or transmitted to human beings by food. Chemical hazards - dangers from accidental contamination from chemical substances like soap, and other cleaning compounds. Physical hazards - dangers from foreign particles, like small pieces of glass, or metal shavings from your can opener.
Most foodborne illness is caused by biological hazards.
Failure to thoroughly heat or cook food. Infected employees who practice poor personal hygiene at home and at the workplace. Foods prepared a day or more before they are to be served. Foods allowed to remain at temperatures above 40 O F and below 140 O F. Failure to reheat foods to a temperature that kills bacteria. Cross-contamination of cooked foods with raw foods.