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Tainted Eats. Every year, 48 million Americans get sick and some 3,000 die from foodborne illnesses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with Salmonella, Listeria, and E ...
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.
Outbreaks of foodborne illnesses are pretty rare for well known restaurant chains, but they do happen. This week, an outbreak of E. coli food poisonings linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder ...
Inspections look for issues that could contribute to the spread of foodborne illness, ... This article originally appeared on Journal Star: Peoria health department food inspections for November 2023.
In 1999, an estimated 5,000 deaths, 325,000 hospitalizations and 76 million illnesses were caused by foodborne illnesses within the US. [1] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began tracking outbreaks starting in the 1970s. [2] By 2012, the figures were roughly 130,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths. [3]
In 1999, an estimated 5,000 deaths, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 76 million illnesses were caused by foodborne illnesses within the US. [4]
From 2017 to 2019, the report found, around 40% of foodborne illness outbreaks with known causes were at least partly associated with food contamination by a sick or infectious worker.
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).