Food is important for maintaining your growth and good health. But food carries germs called bacteria. Bacteria are very tiny living things that exist all around you and inside of you.
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They can only be seen with a microscope. Both good and bad bacteria can be found in food. Some good bacteria produce yogurt, bread, and blue cheese. But bad bacteria can make you sick.
Salmonella(sal-muh-NEL-uh) are rod-shaped bacteria that can cause sickness in people and animals. The first signs of salmonella sickness are headaches, chills, upset stomach, and weakness. Sometimes people mistake these signs for the flu.
Salmonella bacteria are carried in food. They can be found in raw meat, poultry (chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese), and frozen, dried, or cracked eggs. The bacteria grow when food is left out on a table or counter top for a long time.
The most common food sickness is staphylococcus(staff-uh-luh-KAHK-uhs). It is usually called by its nickname, "staph." Many people get sick from staph, but do not know it. As a result, no one knows exactly how many people get sick from staph each year.
Stomachaches, nausea, and headaches are common with a staph sickness. It usually lasts only a day or two, so most people think it is the flu. Staph bacteria are found on most animals. Even humans carry them on their skin.
Staph are usually not harmful, unless they are passed along to someone else on food. If you touch a person's food with dirty hands, you might cause that person to get sick. This is why it is important to wash your hands. Some of the foods that you can easily catch a staph sickness from are cream-filled bakery goods, ham, poultry, and milk products.