Summer is the time when food poisoning is rampant.
Last year we were witnessing an outbreak of the virulent O-157 strain of the E.coli bacteria throughout Japan. Cases, mainly contracted at home, have also been reported in this year, some of them serious. The disease caused by O-157 is a diarrhea that starts as watery stool and later tends to become bloody. Especially protect infants as the toxin produced by the bacteria may cause serious kidney and brain damage. Take the following protective measures to prevent infections.