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
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]
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. http://www.pyroenergen.com/articles08/escherichia-coli-o157h7.htm. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ↑ "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. 1999. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010082. PMID 10522649. http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/150/8/787.long.
- ↑ (http://www.fao.org/docrep/MEETING/004/X6925E.HTM)
- ↑ Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 5, no. 5, Sept. 1999
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