An intoxication (like Staphylococcus aureus food poisoning) differs from an infection because:

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In an intoxication the person swallows a toxin that was already formed in the food, for example by Staphylococcus aureus after bare-hand contact and time-temperature abuse, so symptoms can appear within a few hours. Multiplying inside the body is what defines an infection, not an intoxication. Handwashing and no bare-hand contact do prevent Staph intoxication, the toxin builds up in the food during temperature abuse rather than during cooking, and viruses are not the cause of a Staph intoxication.