List of foodborne illness outbreaks
This is a list of foodborne illness outbreaks. A foodborne illness may be from an infectious disease, heavy metals, chemical contamination, or from natural toxins, such as those found in poisonous mushrooms.
Deadliest
Canada
- 2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak
China
- 2008 Chinese milk scandal
Germany
- 2011 Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak
Japan
- Minamata disease
- Niigata Minamata disease
- 1996 Japan E. coli O157:H7[1][2]
Russia
- 2024 Russian botulism outbreak
Spain
- 1981 Toxic oil syndrome
United Kingdom
- 2005 outbreak of E.coli O157 in South Wales
- 1996 outbreak of E. coli O157 in Lanarkshire, Scotland[3]
- Loch Maree Hotel botulism poisoning
United States
In 1999, an estimated 5,000 deaths, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 76 million illnesses were caused by foodborne illnesses within the US.[4] Illness outbreaks lead to food recalls.
See also
- List of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll
- 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
- Eosinophilia–myalgia syndrome
- List of food contamination incidents
- List of medicine contamination incidents
References
- ^ Takano, Junji. "How to Prevent Escherichia coli O157:H7". Pyro-Energen. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ^ Michino H, Araki K, Minami S, Takaya S, Sakai N, Miyazaki M, Ono A, Yanagawa H (1999). "Massive outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in schoolchildren in Sakai City, Japan, associated with consumption of white radish sprouts". Am J Epidemiol. 150 (8): 787–96. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010082. PMID 10522649.
- ^ "FAO-WHO Global Forum of Food Safety Regulators". www.fao.org.
- ^ "Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC". Emerging Infectious Diseases journal.
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