Food-borne infections are caused by bacteria present in food. If bacteria become numerous and the food is consumed, bacteria may continue to grow in intestines and cause illness. Salmonella, Campylobacter, hemorrhagic E. coli and Listeria all cause infections. Food intoxication results from consumption of toxins (or poisons) produced in food by bacterial growth. Toxins released by bacteria cause illness in human beings. Common kinds of bacteria that produce toxins include Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium botulinum. In the case of Clostridium perfringens, illness is caused by toxins released in the gut after consumption of huge numbers of vegetative cells. Considerable efforts made in agricultural research and extension has resulted in increased crop yield resulting to increased food production.

By Sir Evelyn Wood

MANY of the numerous correspondents who have assisted me in amplifying the Articles, published in the Times, October 1907, expressed the hope that my narrative would be republished in book form, and I have now made it a short history of the principal events in India from 1857-1859. In resubmitting the studies to the Public I have practically rewritten the chapters concerning the operations before Dehli; its Siege, and Capture, dealing more fully with the gallant feats of the Bengal Engineers; and I have incorporated the suggestions from correspondents, which I have been able to verify.