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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Food Prot. 2024 May 23;87(7):100305. doi: 10.1016/j.jfp.2024.100305

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
a

EMA = economically motivated adulteration.