Take precautions to keep bugs at bay othing ruins a perfectly good meal more quickly than food poisoning. Besides upsetting your stomach, food-borne bacteria such as salmonella can actually cause serious illness that requires medical intervention. Taking a few precautions can keep these bugs at bay.
Some people are more susceptible to food-borne illnesses than others.
All of the above. After two hours at room temperature, bacteria start to get a foothold in food, both hot and cold. Cold foods should be kept at 40 degrees or lower and hot foods at 140 degrees until served. Put foods on ice or over a heat source while serving to keep them near the appropriate temperature. A. Infants, pregnant women, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems have a greater chance of becoming ill from contaminated foods.