NAME: LEXTER M. ESTOLANO DATE: July 21, 2015GRADE AND SECTION: GRADE 8- GARNETFOOD POISONING FOOD POISONING- is a food borne disease. Ingestion of food that contains a toxin, chemical or infectious agent (like a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion) may cause adverse symptoms in the body. All of these agents are considered potential causes of food poisoning by most health care professional. Those symptoms may be related only to the gastrointestinal tract causing vomiting or diarrhea or they may involve other organs such as the kidney, brain, or muscle. Typically most food borne diseases cause vomiting and diarrhea that tend to be short lived and resolve on their own, but dehydration and electrolyte abnormalities may develop. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately 48 million people become ill from food related diseases each year resulting in 128,000 hospitalizations, and 3,000 deaths.

According to the CDC, in 2011, the most common foodborne illnesses in the United States each year are caused by Norovirus, and the bacteria Campylobacter, Clostridium perfringens, and Salmonella. FOOD POISONING IN PHILIPPINES- MANILA, Philippines - Environmental and health groups have expressed alarm over the rising cases of food poisoning in Quezon City and other parts of the country. Last week, 10 students of the Juan Sumulong High School in Quezon City fell ill and were hospitalized after eating macapuno candies. A food poisoning incident in Surigao del Sur downed nearly 2,000 people after eating durian and mangosteen candies on July 10. No one died from the incident but the victims, mostly children, suffered nausea, vomiting and abdominal cramps after consuming the contaminated candies.

SUBMITTED TO: SIR RHOD CARLO DULDULAOSUBMITTED BY: LEXTER M. ESTOLANO