The norovirus is the most common food contaminant that makes people sick, with symptoms including diarrhea, vomiting and nausea.

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Mixing it up reduces the chances that you are getting too much of a single contaminant, he says, adding that the lower one eats on the food chain, the less of an impact one has.

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