Food poisoning

In most cases, food is contaminated by bacteria or a virus like:

campylobacter – the most common cause of food poisoning salmonella Escherichia coli (E. coli) norovirus listeria

Food Standards Scotland has further information about bacteria and viruses that can cause food poisoning.


campylobacter – the most common cause of food poisoning salmonella Escherichia coli (E. coli) norovirus listeria

Food Standards Scotland has further information about bacteria and viruses that can cause food poisoning.

Symptoms

Symptoms of food poisoning include:

feeling sick (nausea) being sick (vomiting) diarrhoea, which may contain blood or mucus stomach cramps and abdominal pain a lack of energy and weakness loss of appetite a high temperature of 38C or above (fever) aching muscles chills

The symptoms of food poisoning usually begin within 1 to 2 days of eating contaminated food. They can also start a few hours later or several weeks later.