The diversity of food poisoning and sources of contamination

N Noah

doi:10.2807/esm.04.06.00068-en

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The diversity of food poisoning and sources of contamination
N Noah¹
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Affiliations: ¹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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Citation style for this article: Noah N. The diversity of food poisoning and sources of contamination. Euro Surveill. 1999;4(6):pii=68. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.04.06.00068-en

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Abstract

The three entirely different forms of food poisoning described in this issue of Eurosurveillance illustrate the extraordinary propensity of the organisms to survive and cause illness. Clostridium botulinum is an organism which produces its toxin (a toxin