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. 2021 Jun 6;26(11):3447. doi: 10.3390/molecules26113447

Table 1.

Disease outbreaks due to foodborne bacteria.

Country Year Source Pathogen Disease Confirmed Cases Ref.
Australia 2001–2007 Chicken Campylobacter jejuni Campylobacteriosis 16,000 [4]
Brazil 2013 Cooked salads Staphylococcus aureus Food illness 472 [5]
Canada 2015–2019 Frozen raw chicken products Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis Salmonellosis 584 [3]
France 2007–2014 Starchy foods and vegetables Bacillus cereus Diarrhoea 911 [6]
Germany 2001–2002 Chocolate Salmonella (S.) Oranienburg Salmonellosis 439 [7]
Greece 2019 Minced beef Clostridium perfringens Gastroenteritis 71 [8]
India 2016 Unrefrigerated raw sliced tomatoes Shigella sonnei Gastroenteritis 34 [9]
Japan 1996 White radish sprouts Escherichia coli O157:H7 Diarrhoea 7000 [10]
Saudi Arabia 2009 Local sweet Salmonella enteric serovar Enteritidis Salmonellosis 200 [11]
United Kingdom 2017 Chicken liver dishes Campylobacter spp. Campylobacteriosis 7 [3]
United States 2013–2014 Chicken dishes Salmonella Heidelberg Salmonellosis 634 [3]
Zimbabwe 2014 Stewed chicken Staphylococcus aureus Food illness 53 [3]