There’s nothing worse than getting food poisoning that you think might be tied to a restaurant in Philadelphia. The sickness can overtake you for anywhere from one to a few days as your system recovers, but the process can make you extremely sick. With severe cases of food poisoning, there’s more than a good chance that you are unable to go to work at all. Food poisoning affects millions of people each year. It can be life threatening to pregnant women, the elderly and young children.
Common causes of food poisoning:
Failure to wash hands, cooking surfaces and utensils.
Failure to fully cook food. A food thermometer must be used to confirm the appropriate internal temperature of meat, fish, poultry and eggs.
Cross-contaminating uncooked meat, fish, poultry, eggs, fruits and vegetables.
Failure to refrigerate at the correct temperature perishable foods like diary and meat.
Failure to keep things that should be hot, hot, and things that should be cold, cold, at outdoor events and picnics.
Consuming expired food. An easy way to determine if food is expired (regardless of the manufacturer’s printed date) is if the food has a foul odor, weird color, odd texture or mold.
Below are common signs of food poisoning:
Headache
Stomach Pain
Muscle aches
Vomiting
Stomach Cramps
Nausea
Diarrhea
Fever
Weakness
If you suspect food poisoning you should do the following immediately:
Take photos of the suspect food.
Take the suspect food home.
Do not throw away leftovers.
Keep your receipt.
Alert the restaurant that you are ill.
Report to the nearest Hospital.
Make sure the hospital takes a blood and stool sample for comprehensive testing.
Contact a lawyer.
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