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
China
Germany
- 2011 Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak
Japan
- Minamata disease
- Niigata Minamata disease
- 1996 Japan E.coli O157:H7
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
Main article: List of foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States
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.
See also
- 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
- Eosinophilia–myalgia syndrome
- List of medicine contamination incidents