Sally was making marinated shishkabobs to grill for dinner S

Sally was making marinated shish-kabobs to grill for dinner. She made a beautiful marinade and then cut up the raw chicken on a cutting board. She put the chunks of chicken in the marinade and let it sit on the counter for about three hours until it was time to cook.

While the chicken was marinating, Sally prepared the vegetables. She cut them using the same cutting board and knife. She rinsed both the cutting board and knife off with warm water between cutting the chicken and the vegetables.

Once the chicken had marinated, Sally put the chicken and vegetables on skewers to be grilled. She also started rice in the rice cooker to go with the shish-kabobs. As the shish-kabobs were grilling, Sally put the marinade in a serving dish for extra sauce to put over the rice.

Several hours later, Sally and her family members all developed nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, headache, and abdominal pain.

What could be the cause of Sally and her family members\' illness?

How could this illness have been prevented?

Solution

I think the family faced the illness due to food poisoning. I think that chicken which Sally marinated is not properly preserved or the raw chicken was not properly washed before cutting and it is contaminated with microbes like bacteria, viruses or other parasites. Moreover sally put the marinade for extra sauce which is not correct method as the marinade is used to marinate raw chicken. It might be strong reason for the illness.

Preventive steps to control food poisoning:

Sally must have washed vegetables before cutting.

She should not have kept the marinade for serving.

Some more steps:

We should wash our hands after handling raw foods like meat and vegetables

Separate chopping boards must be used for cutting raw foods and ready to eat foods.

We should consume the food before the expiry date.

The food should be properly cooked up to sufficient temperature. Especially raw meat chicken should be cooked properly

Kitchen should be always kept neat and clean. After washing raw meat and meat products we should clean the sink.