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List of food contamination incidents; List of medicine contamination incidents; References This page was last edited on 18 June 2024, at 11:18 (UTC). Text is ...
Food Company Infected Deaths Notes 2017–2018 2017–18 South African listeriosis outbreak: Listeria: processed meat: Enterprise Foods 1,060 [1] 216 [1] 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 ...
An "incident" of chemical food contamination may be defined as an episodic occurrence of adverse health effects in humans (or animals that might be consumed by humans) following high exposure to particular chemicals, or instances where episodically high concentrations of chemical hazards were detected in the food chain and traced back to a particular event.
1. McDonald’s (2024) McDonald’s is currently in full-blown damage control as sales drop across multiple locations, with the largest fast-food chain the country being at the center of one of ...
Food poisoning, also known as foodborne illness, is a common sickness caused by swallowing food or liquids that contain harmful bacteria, viruses or parasites, and sometimes even chemicals.
The best practice for preventing foodborne illnesses for all foods, including meat, is the CDC's four steps to food safety: clean, separate, cook, and chill. Wash hands, surfaces, utensils, and ...
Cases of food poisoning began to be reported in the New York State area on October 18, 2012. The CDC eventually concluded this was an example of O157:H7, its code for a strain of E. coli that is noteworthy for seeming to have genes from a different species, shigella, producing an unusual toxin, though not one especially lethal to human beings ...
One in six Americans -- about 48 million people -- get sick from a food-borne illness each year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said in new estimates released yesterday (Wednesday, Dec. 15).