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Eaten mouldy avocado which was brown with black spots. how quickly do you get food poisoning from avocado?

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Food poisoning: Common causes for food poisoning are Staph organisms which cause vomiting withing a few hours (food handlers infection) to more common Salmonella and like bacteria which can start in 4 to 8 hours. Typically food poisoning is something that comes on in hours. Fortunately most pass in hours too.

Answered 9/11/2019

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