{"id":5240,"date":"2010-12-31T11:01:16","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T10:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=5240"},"modified":"2011-01-06T21:37:39","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T20:37:39","slug":"food-poisoning-claims-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2010\/12\/31\/food-poisoning-claims-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Poisoning Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Most of us enjoy eating out every now and again –\u00a0not only is it nice for someone else to cook for us, but it gives us the chance to try different types of food that we probably wouldn\u2019t cook for ourselves<\/strong>. Hopefully, the food we have eaten will have been of a high standard and made for an enjoyable night out. However, in some of the more unfortunate situations, eating out has caused us to suffer from food poisoning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In some cases, food poisoning is of course unpleasant and the symptoms can be mild. In these types of cases, the bug usually lasts no more than 24 hours and we feel much better when it is out of our system –\u00a0with the lesson learned never to eat there again!<\/strong> However, there are more extreme cases of food poisoning that can often cause the person suffering the disease to become extremely; ill and in some cases place them in hospital.<\/p>\n

Food poisoning is caused by bacteria, toxins, or viruses that have contaminated food or drink<\/strong>. All food should be prepared in conditions that abide by stringent health and safety regulations.
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There was a story in the news a few months ago about a school boy whom tragically\u00a0died just weeks after he ate a contaminated school meal that left him battling the e-coli bug<\/strong>. The company responsible for supplying the school meals had let raw meat come into contact with cooked meat, causing the foods to be contaminated. This caused one of the biggest E-coli outbreaks Britain has ever\u00a0seen, with over 150 pupils coming into contact with the contaminated meat.<\/p>\n

If you fear that you may be suffering from food poisoning, the symptoms to look out for are:<\/p>\n