List of foodborne illness outbreaks explained

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

• 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

See 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.^[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

Notes and References

1. Web site: How to Prevent Escherichia coli O157:H7 . Pyro-Energen . July 13, 2016 . Takano, Junji.
2. Massive outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in schoolchildren in Sakai City, Japan, associated with consumption of white radish sprouts . Michino H, Araki K, Minami S, Takaya S, Sakai N, Miyazaki M, Ono A, Yanagawa H . Am J Epidemiol . 1999 . 150 . 8 . 787–96 . 10522649 . 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010082. free .
3. Web site: FAO-WHO Global Forum of Food Safety Regulators. www.fao.org.
4. Web site: Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases journal.