Chemical food poisoning

Japanese: 化学性食中毒 - かがくせいしょくちゅうどく
Chemical food poisoning

... refers to a functional disorder (poisoning) of the human body that occurs when a toxic substance is ingested orally with food. The causes of food poisoning (pathogens) are divided into bacteria, natural toxins (natural animal toxins such as pufferfish and poisonous barracuda, and natural plant toxins such as poisonous mushrooms and poisonous jellyfish), and chemical substances (methanol, methylmercury, etc.). Food poisoning caused by parasites or viruses is not considered food poisoning. Bacterial food poisoning is further divided into infection types (Salmonella spp., Vibrio parahaemolyticus, etc.), food endotoxin types (Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium botulinum, etc.), and endotoxin types (Clostridium perfringens, toxigenic Escherichia coli, etc.). ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "chemical food poisoning" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…有毒な物質が食物とともに経口的に摂取されたときに起こる,人体の機能障害(中毒)をいう。食中毒の原因となるもの(病原物質)は,細菌,自然毒(フグや毒カマスなどの動物性自然毒,毒キノコや毒ゼリなどの植物性自然毒),化学物質(メタノール,メチル水銀など)に分けられる。寄生虫によるものやウイルスによるものは,食中毒としては扱わない。細菌性食中毒はさらに感染型(サルモネラ菌属,腸炎ビブリオなど),食品内毒素型(ブドウ球菌,ボツリヌス菌など),生体内毒素型(ウェルシュ菌,毒素型大腸菌など)に大別される。…

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