Food Poisoning or Food Hygiene Report - Old Food poisoning or food hygiene report Typically food poisoning takes a couple of days before the onset of symptoms and it can be more than a week before symptoms end. Common symptoms include: Diarrhoea Stomach cramps Vomiting Fever Nausea Headache Dizziness In most cases bacteria are responsible for causing food borne illnesses (such as campylobacter or salmonella), but not all. Other causes include: Viruses can cause gastroenteritis, such as Norovirus - also known as 'winter vomiting disease' Mycotoxins can be carcinogenic - 'toxic mould' can affect some dried foods Poisonous plants and fish - like scombrotoxic fish poisoning, lectin toxins in plants such as red and white kidney beans and cyanogens in bitter apricot kernels, cassava and lima beans Prions - an infectious agent resulting in nvCJD and BSE. If you have believe you have any of the above symptoms we recommend you visit your doctor as soon as possible and report the potential source of infection to us so we can investigate further. Likewise, if you suspect a food premises of not following food hygiene procedures let us know. This form can also be used to request food safety advice. Please note: You have 10 minutes to complete each page. If you feel you need longer than this, please write your answers in a separate document, then copy and paste this into the form. This is to prevent any information being lost during the form completion.
