Food poisoning or food hygiene report
How to report food poisoning or hygiene issues
If you are suffering from food poisoning you will know about it. Typically food poisoning takes a couple of days before onset of symptoms and it can be more than a week before symptoms end.
Common symptoms include:
- diarrhoea
- stomach cramps
- vomiting
- fever
- nausea
- headache
- dizziness
In most cases bacteria are responsible for causing food borne illnesses (such as campylobacter or salmonella), but not all. Other causes include:
- viruses can ;cause gastroenteritis, such as Norovirus - also known as 'winter vomiting disease'
- mycotoxins can be carcinogenic - 'toxic mould' can affect some dried foods
- poisonous plants and fish - like scombrotoxic fish poisoning, lectin toxins in plants such as red and white kidney beans and cyanogens in bitter apricot kernels, cassava and lima beans
- Prions - an infectious agent resulting in nvCJD and BSE.
If you have believe you have any of the above symptoms we recommend you visit your doctor as soon as possible and report the potential source of infection to us so we can investigate further.
Likewise, if you suspect a food premises of not following food hygiene procedures let us know