Foodborne illnesses

Foodborne illness (food poisoning) is when you get sick from eating contaminated food. Here's how to avoid the most common ones.

  • Washing hands

    Overview

    Foodborne illnesses are preventable. Read more about the most common foodborne illnesses, what causes them, symptoms of infection, and how to avoid catching them.

  • Chicken drumstick

    Campylobacter

    What Campylobacter is, how you can be exposed to Campylobacter, the symptoms of infection, and how to avoid getting sick.

  • 3 eggs

    Salmonella

    What Salmonella is, foods that can contain salmonella, the symptoms of infection, who is most at risk, and how to avoid getting sick.

  • Meat patties

    E coli O157

    What E. coli is, how you can be exposed to E. coli, the symptoms of infection, and how to avoid getting sick. Scientific studies from NZ and other countries.

  • Bowl of rice

    Bacillus cereus

    What causes the foodborne illness Bacillus cereus, and how you can avoid catching it.

  • Sushi

    Listeria

    What Listeria is, foods that can contain Listeria, the symptoms of infection, who is most at risk, and how to avoid getting sick.

  • Oysters

    Norovirus

    What noroviruses are, why they're a problem, how they're spread, the symptoms, and how to avoid catching them.

  • Raw fish

    Scombroid (histamine) poisoning

    What scombroid poisoning is, foods that can give you scombroid poisoning, the symptoms, and how to avoid getting sick.

  • Diced red meat

    Other pathogens

    Giardia, staphylococcus, Hepatitis A, and other pathogens that can cause foodborne illness (food poisoning). Detailed scientific information from Ministry of Health data sheets.

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