List of foodborne illness outbreaks
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Template:Short description This is a list of foodborne illness outbreaks. A foodborne illness may be from an infectious disease, heavy metals, chemical contamination, or from natural toxins, such as those found in poisonous mushrooms.
Deadliest
Canada
China
Germany
Japan
- Minamata disease
- Niigata Minamata disease
- 1996 Japan E. coli O157:H7[1][2]
Russia
Spain
- 1981 Toxic oil syndrome
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
United States
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See also
- List of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll
- 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
- Eosinophilia–myalgia syndrome
- List of food contamination incidents
- List of medicine contamination incidents
References
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