is chemical hazards the most common form of food poisoning illness
If we neglect safe practices we may have an outbreak of food poisoning. If we eat food which contains harmful micro-organisms, chemicals or toxins (poisons), that food can make us sick. To describe our illness we can use the terms food-borne illness, food-borne disease, or food poisoning. Food poisoning is caused by four agents: bacteria, viruses, parasites and chemicals.