What are the causes of salmonella?

Question

uncooked meet ect.

Answer 1

It's a bacteria....usually ingest it by eating undercooked chicken, eggs, or bad mayo (like in potato salad). Can be spread to other foods too like if you cut bad chicken on a cutting board, then don't wash it well.

Answer 2

Salmonella food poisoning is a bacterial food poisoning caused by the Salmonella bacterium. It results in the swelling of the lining of the stomach and intestines (gastroenteritis). While domestic and wild animals, including poultry, pigs, cattle, and pets such as turtles, iguanas, chicks, dogs, and cats can transmit this illness, most people become infected by ingesting foods contaminated with significant amounts of salmonella.

Improperly handled or undercooked poultry and eggs are the foods which most frequently cause Salmonella food poisoning. Chickens are a major carrier of Salmonella bacteria, which accounts for its prominence in poultry products. However, identifying foods which may be contaminated with Salmonella is particularly difficult because infected chickens typically show no signs or symptoms. Since infected chickens have no identifying characteristics, these chickens go on to lay eggs or to be used as meat.

At one time, it was thought that Salmonella bacteria were only found in eggs which had cracked, thus allowing the bacteria to enter.

Ultimately, it was learned that, because the egg shell has tiny pores, even uncracked eggs which sat for a time on a surface (nest) contaminated with Salmonella could themselves become contaminated. It is known also that the bacteria can be passed from the infected female chicken directly into the substance of the egg before the shell has formed around it.


Salmonella food poisoning can occur when someone drinks unpasteurized milk or eats undercooked chicken or eggs, or salad dressings or desserts which contain raw eggs. Even if Salmonella-containing foods such as chicken are thoroughly cooked, any food can become contaminated during preparation if conditions and equipment for food preparation are unsanitary.

Answer 3

There's about 40,000 cases of salmonella enteritis in the U.S. every year that are reported. From unwashed hands, handling snakes, lizards and turtles, animal feces, raw meat, etc.
It can cause severe diarrhea and abdominal cramping about 12 to 72 hours after contacting and can last for up to four months. This is the lighter side of it.

Answer 4

Not washing the chicken or turkey before you cook it. Or touching a surface where raw chicken was sitting.

So thoroughly rinse the chicken or turkey before cooking it. Then, scrub down the surface (for example, the sink or counter) where the chicken may have touched. And last, wash your hands.

Answer 5

handling raw chicken and not washing hands-yuk
It's a bacteria in the raw meat.

Answer 6

raw eggs

Answer 7

raw cookie dough or raw eggs.

Answer 8

not cooking meat thoroughly and then eating it