Food Poisoning and Safe Food Handling

People at increased risk of becoming ill with food poisoning and of having more severe symptoms include:

• Pregnant women.
• Young children.
• Older adults.
• People with an Reference impaired immune system Opens New Window, such as people who have diabetes.

Things that increase your risk for getting food poisoning include:

• Eating or drinking unpasteurized juices, raw sprouts, unpasteurized milk, and milk products made from unpasteurized milk, such as certain soft cheeses.
• Eating raw or undercooked meat, poultry, eggs, fish, and shellfish (clams, oysters, scallops, and mussels).
• Eating or drinking food that has been contaminated through careless food processing or handling.
• Reference Traveling to a developing country.

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