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CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS

Facts: Rod shaped bacteria, often found
in human and animals guts.
Found in: Meat, meat products and
gravy
Targets: All age groups especially:
elderly, infants, immune compromised
and the infirm.
Category Fact
Symptoms 2 (abdominal pain,
diarrhoea.)
Onset Time 8-22hrs
Duration of
illness
12-24 days
Destroyed Steaming and stewing
for 4 hours.

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LISTERIA MOONOCYTOGENES

Facts: causes infectious food poisoning
Found in: pasteurised and raw milk,
cheese, soft ice cream, raw vegetables,
raw meat, raw and cooked poultry, raw
and smoked fish
Targets: pregnant women, unborn
babies, diabetics, asthmatics, the elderly
Category Fact
Symptoms 8 (starts like flu, nausea,
vomiting, diarrhoea, may
cause abortion, still birth,
meningitis, septicemia.)
Onset Time 1-79 days
Duration of
illness
unknown
Destroyed Killed if temperatures
exceed 91 deg c



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E-COLI

Facts: causes infectious and toxic food
poisoning
Found in: sewage, soft cheese, minced
beef and chicken
Targets: Infants and travellers to
underdeveloped countries
Category Fact
Symptoms 3 (diarrhoea, abdominal
pain, nausea.)
Onset Time 12-24 hrs
Duration of
illness
1-5 days
Destroyed Heating above 55 deg c



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CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM

Facts: Rod shaped bacteria, this toxic
bacteria is highly poisonous
Found in: foods not heated before
eating, or low acid foods. Under
sterilized foods
Targets: All age groups especially:
elderly, infants. High death rates
Category Fact
Symptoms 8 (difficulties in talking,
breathing, swallowing,
double vision, headaches,
nausea, vomiting, paralysis
of the cranial nerves.)
Onset Time 8-22hrs
Duration of
illness
Months can lead to death!
Destroyed Hard to destroy boiling
can destroy it. 4 hours.

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BACILLIUS CEREUS

Facts: Rod shaped bacteria, this bacteria
causes toxic food poisoning and it forms
spores.
Found in: rice, cereal products and
starchy foods i.e. potatoes.
Targets: All age groups
Category Fact
Symptoms 3 (abdominal pain,
vomiting, nausea.)
Onset Time 1-7 hrs
Duration of
illness
Less than 24hrs
Destroyed Heating above 126 deg
c for 90 mins




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CAMPYLOBACTER

Facts: causes infectious food poisoning
Found in: Meat, poultry, raw milk,
untreated water, chickens
Targets: All age groups
Category Fact
Symptoms 5 (diarrhoea, flu like
symptoms, headache,
fever, abdominal pain.)
Onset Time 2-5 days, can take 11 days
to appear
Duration of
illness
7-10 days
Destroyed Killed if temperatures
exceed 60 deg c




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SALMONELLA

Facts: most common form of food
poisoning in the UK
Found in: Raw meat, poultry, eggs, milk,
dairy products, fish, sauces, dressings,
cream filled desserts and toppings
Targets: All age groups especially:
elderly, infants, immune compromised
and the infirm.
Category Fact
Symptoms 6 (fever, headache,
vomiting, abdominal
pain, diarrhea.)
Onset Time 6-48 hrs
Duration of
illness
1-8 days
Destroyed By heat

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STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS

Facts: It is present in the nose, throat
and skin of over 50% of humans
Found in: meat, meat products, poultry,
salads such as egg, tuna and chicken.
Potatoes, cream pastries and dairy
products
Targets: All age groups
Category Fact
Symptoms 3 (vomiting, abdominal
pain, diarrhea.)
Onset Time 1-7 hrs
Duration of
illness
6-24 hrs
Destroyed By boiling food for 30
mins





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The Rules
All the cards are dealt
between two players.

The starting player chooses a
category from his or her
topmost card and reads out its
value. The other player then
reads out the value of the
same category from their top
card. The card with the best
or highest value wins. The
winner takes both the cards
and places them at the bottom
of his or her pile. That player
then looks at their new
topmost card, and chooses a
category for the next round.

In the event of a draw, the
cards are placed in the centre
and a new category is chosen
from the next card by the
same person as in the
previous round. The winner of
that round obtains all of the
cards in the centre as well as
the top card from each player.

The winner is the player who
obtains the whole pack.