Ques-1: Clostredium botulinum, bacteria that cause food poisoning & it is the etiological agent in this outbreak of food poisoning Ques-2: This food intoxication because \"botulinum\" is the toxin generated by these bacteria by putrefying food material and these bacteria is anaerobic. These toxins are made of exotoxins, endotoxins (tetanus toxin, botulism toxin & cholera toxin) as these are composed of proteins, lipoppolysaccharides produced through cell wall to act on the host cell immune system. These are virulent and cause damage to host cells through inflammatory mediators released via phagocytosis by immune system. I would declare the situation as a sortumme an outbreak, this is because acute episodes of \"gastrointestinal illness is mainly due to food borne illness caused by \"clostridium botulinum\". It has observed clear symptoms of disease characterized by nausea, headache, blurred vision, bronchoconstriction due to stiffen throat & neck Fever, headache, nausea, and severe respiratory symptoms followed by blurred vision; this is because botulinum toxin is a neurotoxin that potentially inhibits release of acetylcholine from nerve endings and leading to drooping eyelid and slurred speech. Ques-3: Potato salad was transported in a loose in a pickup truck & it is not covered or packed before preparing meals therefore anaerobic fermentation of this carbohydrate is the source of contamination of this bacteria & cause food borne illness Solution Ques-1: Clostredium botulinum, bacteria that cause food poisoning & it is the etiological agent in this outbreak of food poisoning Ques-2: This food intoxication because \"botulinum\" is the toxin generated by these bacteria by putrefying food material and these bacteria is anaerobic. These toxins are made of exotoxins, endotoxins (tetanus toxin, botulism toxin & cholera toxin) as these are composed of proteins, lipoppolysaccharides produced through cell wall to act on the host cell immune system. These are virulent and cause damage to host cells through inflammatory mediators released via phagocytosis by immune system. I would declare the situation as a sortumme an outbreak, this is because acute episodes of \"gastrointestinal illness is mainly due to food borne illness caused by \"clostridium botulinum\". It has observed clear symptoms of disease characterized by nausea, headache, blurred vision, bronchoconstriction due to stiffen throat & neck Fever, headache, nausea, and severe respiratory symptoms followed by blurred vision; this is because botulinum toxin is a neurotoxin that potentially inhibits release of acetylcholine from nerve endings and leading to drooping eyelid and slurred speech. Ques-3: Potato salad was transported in a loose in a pickup truck & it is not covered or packed before preparing meals therefore anaerobic fermentation of this carbohydrate is the source of contamination of this bacteria & cause food borne illness.