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foodborne illness Foodborne illness (also foodborne disease and food poisoning) is any illness resulting from the spoilage of contaminated food by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites that contaminate food, as well as prions (the agents of mad cow disease) ...
outbreak In epidemiology, an outbreak is a sudden increase in occurrences of a disease when cases are in excess of normal expectancy for the location or season. It may affect a small and localized group or impact upon thousands of people across an entire ...
s. A foodborne illness may be from an
infectious disease An infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable di ...
, heavy metals, chemical contamination, or from natural toxins, such as those found in
poisonous mushrooms Mushroom poisoning is poisoning resulting from the ingestion of mushroom, mushrooms that contain toxicity, toxic substances. Its Signs and symptoms, symptoms can vary from slight Gastrointestinal tract, gastrointestinal discomfort to death in abou ...
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List of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll This is a list of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll, caused by infectious disease, heavy metals, chemical contamination, or from natural toxins, such as those found in poisonous mushrooms. Before modern microbiology, foodbourne illness w ...


Canada

* 2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak


China

* 2008 Chinese milk scandal


Germany

* 2011 ''Escherichia coli'' O104:H4 outbreak


Japan

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Minamata disease Minamata disease is a neurological disease caused by severe mercury poisoning. Signs and symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech. In extrem ...
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Niigata Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Identical in symptoms to the original outbreak of Minamata disease in Kumamoto Prefecture, the second outbreak in Niigata Prefecture was confirmed with the same name in 1965. The ...
* 1996 Japan ''E. coli'' O157:H7


Spain

* 1981
Toxic oil syndrome Toxic oil syndrome (TOS) or simply toxic syndrome (Spanish: ''síndrome del aceite tóxico'' or ''síndrome tóxico'') is a musculoskeletal disease. A 1981 outbreak in Spain which affected about 20,000 people, with over 300 dying within a few m ...


United Kingdom

* 2005 outbreak of ''E.coli'' O157 in South Wales * 1996 outbreak of ''E. coli'' O157 in Lanarkshire, Scotland *
Loch Maree Hotel botulism poisoning The Loch Maree Hotel botulism poisoning of 1922 was the first recorded outbreak of botulism in the United Kingdom. Eight people died, with the resulting public inquiry linking all the deaths to the hotel's potted duck paste. Loch Maree was a po ...


United States

In 1999, an estimated 5,000 deaths, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 76 million illnesses were caused by foodborne illnesses within the US. Illness outbreaks lead to
food recalls A product recall is a request from a manufacturer to return a product after the discovery of safety issues or product defects that might endanger the consumer or put the maker/seller at risk of legal action. The recall is an effort to limit ruin ...
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List of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll This is a list of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll, caused by infectious disease, heavy metals, chemical contamination, or from natural toxins, such as those found in poisonous mushrooms. Before modern microbiology, foodbourne illness w ...
* 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack *
Eosinophilia–myalgia syndrome Eosinophilia–myalgia syndrome is a rare, sometimes fatal neurological condition linked to the ingestion of the dietary supplement L-tryptophan. The risk of developing EMS increases with larger doses of tryptophan and increasing age. Some rese ...
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List of food contamination incidents Food may be accidentally or deliberately contaminated by microbiological, chemical or physical hazards. In contrast to microbiologically caused foodborne illness, the link between exposure and effect of chemical hazards in foods is usually complic ...
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List of medicine contamination incidents The following list encompasses notable medicine contamination and adulteration incidents. *1937 Elixir sulfanilamide incident: S. E. Massengill Company used diethylene glycol as the solvent for the antibacterial sulfanilamide, leading to the 193 ...


References

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Foodborne Illness Foodborne illness (also foodborne disease and food poisoning) is any illness resulting from the spoilage of contaminated food by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites that contaminate food, as well as prions (the agents of mad cow disease) ...
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