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

• 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

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

References

1. Takano, Junji. "How to Prevent Escherichia coli O157:H7". Pyro-Energen. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
2. Michino H, Araki K, Minami S, Takaya S, Sakai N, Miyazaki M, Ono A, Yanagawa H (1999). "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. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010082. PMID 10522649.
3. "FAO-WHO Global Forum of Food Safety Regulators". www.fao.org.
4. "Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC". Emerging Infectious Diseases journal.