avoiding food poisoning

[MulanMom]

Food poisoning is no fun. I got the dreaded ecoli which usually affects the very young, very old and people with compromised immune systems. I didn't fit anywhere. However, I was taking Penicillin for an abcessed tooth, and that was enough to make me extremely susceptible. I'd suggest if you are on antibiotics, be extra vigilant.

For burgers and such, I try to cut beforehand and make sure it's cooked all the way through. For apple juice, apple cider, etc., I make sure it is pastuerized. My neice got ecoli when young when she drank apple cider that was not pasteurized.