Table 3. Top 10 number and proportion of most common confirmed pathogen-food category pairs resulting in outbreak in China, 2020.
| Etiology | Food category | No. outbreaks | Proportion (%) |
| Salmonella | Egg | 75 | 32.8 |
| Salmonella | Sauce-marinated meat | 44 | 19.2 |
| Salmonella | Pastry | 28 | 12.2 |
| Bacillus cereus | Rice flour | 22 | 9.6 |
| Vibrioprahaemolyticus | Sauce-marinated meat | 17 | 7.4 |
| Salmonella | Livestock meat | 13 | 5.7 |
| Vibrio parahaemolyticus | Crustaceans | 11 | 4.8 |
| Escherichia coli | Sauce-marinated meat | 10 | 4.4 |
| Staphylococcalaureus enterotoxins | Pastry | 9 | 3.9 |
| Salmonella | Poultry | 6 | 100.0 |
| Total | 229 | 32.8 |