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Fight BAC - Avoid Foodborne Illness

Foodborne illness (also known as food poisoning) is any illness that results from eating contaminated
food. It is estimated that 100,000 cases of foodborne illness occur in Ontario each year. Bacteria lives on
the food you eat, so food must be cooked and handled properly to avoid food poisoning.

Directions:
1. Login www.scrubclub.org and click on the Villains prompt AND www.fightbac.org
hover over Food Poisoning in top bar and click on Food Borne Pathogens
2. Use the information provided to complete the following chart:

Name Type of Food Affected Symptoms Prevention

Campylobacter

Clostridium
Botulinum

E-Coli O 157:H7

Listeria

Salmonella

Toxoplasma
3. Return to main FightBAC page, hover over Food Safety Basics in top bar and click on
The Core Four Practices to complete the following chart:

What to Practice Three (3) examples of each

4. Return to main FightBAC page, hover over Food Safety Education in top bar and click on
Home Food Safety Mythbusters, write down three (3) myths of your choosing and
what you learned.

5. Return to main FightBAC page, hover over Free Resources in top bar and click on Kids
Games and Activities. Scroll down to Food Detectives. Play the game solving all four
(4) cases.