What is it called when someone gets sick from eating food contaminated with germs or toxins? A. Potentially Hazardous food B. Ptomaine poisoning C. Foodborne illness D. Raw food

Foodborne illness, also known as food poisoning, is an illness caused by eating food contaminated by bacteria, viruses or parasites, spoiled, or poisonous food (mushrooms, certain species of beans). The most common symptoms include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Ptomaine poisoning is a term for food poisoning that is no longer used, as it has been proven that poisoning is not caused by the ingestion of ptomaines (foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during decomposition of animal or plant protein).

michell96 michell96 · Answer 2 · 2019-11-15T00:13:25+01:00

The correct answer is C. Foodborne illiness.

Explanation

Foodborne illness, as the name implies, is a term to refer to the any disease that an individual acquires through food that he/she consumes, especially if food contains toxins, chemicals, bacteria, fungus or any other nocive substance. The main symptoms of foodborne usually include vomit, nausea, stomachache, diarrhea, among others. Additional ly, previously the term for this was Ptomaine poisoning but nowadays the accepted term is foodborne illness. So, the correct answer is C. Foodborne illiness.