Table 5.
Identity of perpetrator compared to the motivation of perpetrator
| Motivation of Perpetrator – Number of Events | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perpetrator | No. of Deaths |
No. of Illnesses |
No. of Arrests |
Accident | Cross Contamination | Drug traffic |
EMAa | Extort | Insanity | Intentional | Revenge | Unknown | Total |
| Employee | 58 | 2,991 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | ||
| Corporate | 164 | 1,504 | 148 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Drug dealer | 2 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| Unknown | 1 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| Acquaintance | 24 | 281 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Criminal | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Bioaccumulate | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Accidental | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 253 | 4,887 | 231 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 76 |
EMA = economically motivated adulteration.