Skip to main content
. 2021 Oct 15;3(42):889–893. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2021.219

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