foodborne illness
Noun
Meaning
foodborne illness (countable and uncountable, plural foodborne illnesses)
(epidemiology) Synonym of food poisoning
Examples
;Foodborne: Foodborne illness or food poisoning is any illness resulting from the consumption of food contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, toxins, viruses, prions or parasites.
Foodborne illness occurrences do in fact increase during the summer.