Medicine: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.

Deadliest

  • List of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll

Canada

China

Germany

  • 2011 Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak

Japan

  • Minamata disease
  • Niigata Minamata disease
  • 1996 Japan E. coli O157:H7[1][2]

Spain

United Kingdom

  • 2005 outbreak of E.coli O157 in South Wales
  • 1996 outbreak of E. coli O157 in Lanarkshire, Scotland[3]

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

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