Foodborne Illnesses

Foodborne illnesses: Salmonella

Done by: Jaydee Houston

Prepared for: Health and nutrition class ​

Salmonella is one of the most common types of food poisoning caused by bacteria. It is a bacterial infection that affects the gastro-intestinal tract, this bacteria is usually found in animal and human intestines and is shared through feces. Humans become infected most frequently through contaminated water or food.

​What is Salmonella

Causes of

Salmonella ​

Most people are infected with salmonella by eating foods that have been contaminated by feces. Also having consumed under cooked meat or came into contactwith an infected person.

Feces may get onto raw meat and poultry during the butchering process. Seafood may be contaminated if harvested from contaminated water.

Raw meat, poultry and seafood. 

​Some infected chickens produce eggs that contain salmonella before the shell is even formed.

Raw eggs

​

Plants may be watered with contaminated water or when juices from raw meatcome into contact with uncooked foods.

​​Vegetables and fruits

water sources become contaminated wwith feces through sewage overflows polluted storm water runoff, and agricultural runoff.

​​Water

Multiple Select

Where does salmonella affect the human body

• The Stomach

• The Liver

• White blood cell productiion

• Small intenstine

Multiple Select

In which scenario can mostly likely salmonella bacteria be found ?

• The tomatoe water source became contaminated after a faulty sewage system

• Debris got caught in a well during a hurricane

• Food from New York subway station

• Water caught in the pipes on the roof

Open Ended

Explain how eggs can carry salmonella bacteria despite their hard shell.

Poll

Can you die from salmonella infection?

• Yes

• No

• Yes, unless you're built like me

The incubation period ranges from several hours to two days. Most salmonella infections can be classified as stomach flu. Contact should be avoided with other people for at least 24 hours after recovery. You can spread it for as long as you carry the bacteria which may be months.

​Symptoms of Salmonella

Multiple Choice

Should you share food you've eaten with other people if you had the illness?

• Yes, because I recovered and no longer have any symptoms

• Yes, because the illness can not be passed from human to human

• No, because I could be carrying the bacteria

• depends on my teperature that day

See a doctor if..................

• ​loss of appetite

• ​Abdominal cramps

• ​Headache

• ​Blood in the stool

• ​Vomiting

• Fever, higher than 102°F

• ​Diarrhoea, for more than 3 days

• ​Immence dehydration

  Nausea​

Multiple Choice

What is the incubation period of Samonella

• After 6 hours to 2 days of consuming contaminated food

• After Two weeks of consuming contaminating food.

Draw

Draw a symptom of Samonella ilnness

Thank you for listening :)