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In September 2006, there was an outbreak of foodborne illness caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria found in prepackaged spinach in 26 U.S. states. [4] [2] The initial reports of the outbreak came from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A strain of Escherichia coli bacteria caused the reported illness of 210 people across 36 states in the US, carried on Romaine lettuce from Yuma, Arizona. It prompted a multi-state investigation from the CDC and FDA. This outbreak began in the beginning of April 2018 and the FDA found that the contaminated Romaine lettuce came from a Yuma Farm.
Subsequent investigation concluded that another inmate, while assisting cooks at the asylum, confused the insecticide with powdered milk that was similarly colored and stored in the same location. 467 people became violently ill shortly after consuming the poison-contaminated food, and 47 subsequently died from its effects.
Foodborne illness (also known as foodborne disease and food poisoning) [1] is any illness resulting from the contamination of food by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites, [2] as well as prions (the agents of mad cow disease), and toxins such as aflatoxins in peanuts, poisonous mushrooms, and various species of beans that have not been boiled for at least 10 minutes.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of foodborne illness outbreaks. A foodborne illness may be ...
The 1996 Odwalla E. coli outbreak began on October 7, 1996, when American food company Odwalla produced a batch of unpasteurized apple juice using blemished fruit contaminated with the E. coli bacterium, which ultimately killed a 16-month-old girl and sickened 70 people in California, Colorado, Washington state, and British Columbia, of whom 25 were hospitalized and 14 developed hemolytic ...
Public health authorities track foodborne illness outbreaks through PulseNet, an international system of data sharing in operation since 1996. When outbreaks of foodborne illness occur, public health authorities collect samples from sick patients and contaminated foods, and the bacteria in them are analyzed by PulseNet for similarities.
The following category includes foodborne illnesses, their causative factors, and topics related to foodborne illness: Subcategories This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.