List of foodborne illness outbreaks
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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.
Contents
Deadliest
Canada
China
Germany
Japan
- Minamata disease
- Niigata Minamata disease
- 1996 Japan E.coli O157:H7 [1]
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 (http://www.fao.org/docrep/MEETING/004/X6925E.HTM)
United States
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In 1999, an estimated 5,000 deaths, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 76 million illnesses were caused by foodborne illnesses within the US.[1] Illness outbreaks lead to food recalls.
In November 2015, before Thanksgiving Day, about 200 patients were admitted to hospitals of New York with intoxication. There was an outbreak of foodborne illness caused by products of “Koch’s Turkey Farm”.[2]
See also
- 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
- Eosinophilia–myalgia syndrome
- List of medicine contamination incidents
