Most common causes of food poisoning:

- Lack or poor temperature control.
- Over handling/ unnecessary handling of food.
- Poor Cleaning and disinfection.
- Contamination of cooked/ ready to eat food.
- Inadequate thawing of food.
- Eating raw and under cooked foods.
- Infected food handlers
- Inadequate hand washing / personal hygiene.
- Lack of training in food handlers which leads to poor hygiene practices.
- Preparing food far too in advance.
- Storing food for too long/ using left overs.
- Inadequate storage
- No pest control.