RAW & UNDERCOOKED FOOD
What Happens If You Eat Raw Chicken?
Find out why raw or undercooked chicken can cause illness, when symptoms might appear and what determines how serious the risk may be.
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FOOD & EATING
What Happens If...
Something Goes Wrong
With Your Food?
Clear answers to questions about raw, spoiled and questionable food — including what can happen next and when a food mistake may matter.
Raw & undercooked food
What can happen when meat, seafood or other foods are eaten before they have been prepared or cooked safely.
Old & spoiled food
Expiration dates, mold, food left out too long and the difference between food that looks questionable and food that may actually be unsafe.
Foodborne illness
What may happen after exposure to bacteria or contaminated food, including common symptoms, timing and warning signs.
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Food & Eating questions
Start with six everyday food situations and find out what can happen, why it happens and which details can change the outcome.
FOODBORNE ILLNESS
What Happens If You Get Salmonella?
See what Salmonella infection can do to the body, how symptoms typically develop and why some cases require more attention than others.
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What Happens If You Eat Bad Oysters?
Understand why contaminated or spoiled oysters can make you ill, what symptoms may follow and why raw oysters can carry particular risks.
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What Happens If You Eat Moldy Food?
Find out what may happen after accidentally eating mold and why the type of food and the amount eaten can make a difference.
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What Happens If You Eat Expired Food?
See what food dates really tell you, why an expired date does not always mean the same thing and when old food may pose a risk.
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What Happens If You Leave Food Out Overnight?
Find out what can happen as perishable food sits at room temperature and why reheating it later does not necessarily remove every risk.
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