Table 3. Number of foodborne outbreak investigations with laboratory-confirmed etiologic agent reported to the Outbreak Summaries (OS) Reporting System by exposure/transmission setting, 2008-2014.
| Exposure/transmission setting | Number of outbreaks n (%) | Number of outbreaks with lab-confirmed etiologic agent n (%) |
Total cases n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community | 44 (38.3) | 44 (38.3) | 2,006 (60.8) |
| Food service establishment | 37 (32.2) | 26 (22.6) | 604 (18.3) |
| Private function | 14 (12.2) | 10 (8.7) | 24 (0.7) |
| More than one setting | 5 (4.3) | 4 (3.5) | 145 (4.4) |
| Institutional - residential | 4 (3.5) | 3 (2.6) | 11 (0.3) |
| Institutional - non-residential | 4 (3.5) | 2 (1.7) | 1 (0) |
| Travel-related - outside Canada | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.9) | 33 (1) |
| Other setting | 2 (1.7) | 2 (1.7) | 411 (12.5) |
| Unknown | 4 (3.5) | 4 (3.5) | 66 (2) |
| Grand total | 115 (100) | 96 (83.5) | 3,301 (100) |