Table 1.

Selected 2016 global foodborne outbreaks by food carrier.

Food	Pathogen	Country	Reference
Beansprouts	S. Saintpaul	Australia	SA Health 1 [7]
Processed foods	Listeria monocytogenes	Canada	CFIA 2 [8]
N/S4	Salmonella spp.	New Zealand	PHS 3 [9]
Milk	E. coli	Romania	EFSA 5 [10]
Sliced chicken fillet	Listeria monocytogenes	France	RASFF 6 [11]
Smoked salmon	Listeria monocytogenes	Germany	RASFF [12]
Shrimp Sushi	Vibrio cholerae	Norway	RASFF [13]
Chicken breast	Salmonella enteritidis	Czech Republic	RASFF [14]
Unknown	Listeria monocytogenes	Italy	Eurosurveillance [15]
Mixed salad	E. coli	UK	WHO 7 [16]
Frozen Vegetables	Listeria monocytogenes	USA	CDC 8 [17]
Flour	E. coli	USA	CDC [18]
Raw milk	Listeria monocytogenes	USA	CDC [19]
Pistachios	Salmonella Montevideo	USA	CDC [20]
Alfalfa sprouts	Salmonella spp.	USA	CDC [21]
Packaged salads	Listeria monocytogenes	USA	CDC [22]
N/S	Clostridium perfringens	Korea	MFDS 9 [23]
N/S	E. coli	Korea	MFDS [23]
N/S	Norovirus	Korea	MFDS [23]

¹ SA Health denotes the South Australian Health of Government of South Australia. ² CFIA denotes the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. ³ PFS denotes the Public Health Surveillance Information for New Zealand Public Health Action. ⁴ N/S denotes not specified. ⁵ EFSA denotes the European Food Safety Authority. ⁶ RASFF denotes the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed. ⁷ WHO denotes the World Health Organization. ⁸ CDC denotes the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. ⁹ MFDS denotes the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of South Korea.