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A widespread listeriosis outbreak from contaminated deli meats from Enterprise Foods, a subsidiary of Tiger Brands. It is the world's worst listeriosis outbreak. 2011. 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak. E. coli O104:H4. fenugreek sprouts [2] >3,950[3] 53[4] Deadliest bacterial foodborne outbreak in Europe.
2003. A hepatitis A outbreak was one of the most widespread hepatitis A outbreak in the United States, afflicting at least 640 people, killing four people in north-eastern Ohio and south-western Pennsylvania in late 2003. The outbreak was blamed on tainted green onions at a Chi-Chi's restaurant in Monaca, Pennsylvania.
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.
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.
1850s – Swill milk scandal in New York. 1857 – adulteration of bread with alum in London, causing rickets. [3] 1857 – Esing Bakery incident: poisoning of bread with arsenic in Hong Kong targeting the colonial community. [4] 1858 – sweets poisoned with arsenic in Bradford, England.
The 2011 United States listeriosis outbreak was a widespread outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes food poisoning across 28 US states that resulted from contaminated cantaloupes linked to Jensen Farms of Holly, Colorado. As of the final report on August 27, 2012, there were 33 deaths and 147 total confirmed cases since the beginning of the first ...
1858, United States. In the New York Swill milk scandal, an estimated 8,000 infants died in just one year, during the years long duration of adulterated milk. 1900, English beer poisoning. 1923, Elks National Home in Bedford, Virginia. Nine killed by apple cider contaminated by a pesticide.
The outbreak was centred on Jack in the Box fast food outlets in the United States. The 1992–1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak occurred when the Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacterium (originating from contaminated beef patties) killed four children and infected 732 people across four US states. [1][2][3] The outbreak involved 73 Jack in the ...