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2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak. As of 28 August 2008, from April 10, 2008, the rare Saintpaul serotype of Salmonella enterica caused at least 1442 cases of salmonellosis food poisoning in 43 states throughout the United States and Canada.
United States: 467: 47: Instead of powdered milk, sodium fluoride, a poison to kill cockroaches, had been accidentally used in the cooking process 1858: 1858 Bradford sweets poisoning: candy: arsenic trioxide: England ~200: 20: Arsenic was accidentally sold as "daft". Daft was a standard adulterant to bulk up the candy 2005: Mabini food ...
2011 United States listeriosis outbreak – 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 27 August 2012, there were 33 deaths and 147 total confirmed cases since the beginning of the first ...
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.
Contaminated food is causing a growing number of illnesses in the United States, and severe cases that lead to hospitalization or death are becoming more common. There were about 300 food recalls ...
"General food poisoning symptoms usually occur around the time of ingestion — usually between six and 12 hours," Felberg said. "People start getting symptoms of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea."
The bacterium had previously been identified in an outbreak of food poisoning in 1982 (traced to undercooked burgers sold by McDonald's restaurants in Oregon and Michigan). Before the Jack in the Box incident, there had been 22 documented outbreaks in the United States resulting in 35 deaths. [14]
Foodborne illness kills hundreds of Americans a year, sickens tens of millions annually, and costs billions in medical care, lost productivity and premature deaths, federal researchers said in a ...