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Food Safety

Food safety is the science of handling, preparing and storing food to reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses. Food contaminated with harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances can cause many illnesses. In Ontario, the five most commonly reported types of bacteria causing foodborne illness are campylobacter, listeria, salmonella, E. coli and Yersinia.

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At a Glance

This resource provides guidance to PHIs in Ontario during national and provincial foodborne outbreak investigations when conducting site visits at food premises.

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Published 30 Jan 2024

Learn about fermented food, fermentation process, potentially associated risks and how to mitigate them. A guidance document produced by the national Fermented Foods Working Group for food safety staff.

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Evidence Brief

Assesses the health risks and associated risk reduction from backyard chickens.

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Updated 21 Sep 2023

This paper explores potential health hazards of consuming foraged mushrooms and the regulatory framework pertaining to their sale in Ontario.

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Updated 6 Dec 2019

Evidence Brief

This evidence brief reviews regulatory practices as well as the current evidence available on food preparation practices or methods.
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Updated 7 Aug 2018

 

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2023 wildfire smoke exposure and public health in Ontario: Triangulation of evidence

To address these gaps, we leveraged this wildfire event as a natural experiment to quantify the effect of wildfire smoke exposure on selected respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes across Ontario’s 22 largest health regions (~80% of total population) and will present the results in this PHO Rounds.

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Environmental and Occupational Health

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Updated 30 Jan 2024
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