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Listeria Outbreak
Cause - Listeria Outbreak
Cause of contamination - Mexican style soft cheese
Started - Los Angeles
Causes - fever, muscle aches, and sometimes nausea or diarrhea.
People sick - 40 killed
Source - http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/worst-foodborne-illness-outbreaks#4 -
Salmonella Outbreak
Cause - Salmonella
Cause of Contamination - Tainted milk
Causes - diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps.
Started - Jewel Food Store in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin
http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/worst-foodborne-illness-outbreaks#5 -
Cryptosporidium Outbreak
Cause - Cryptosporidium (parasitic disease)
Cause of contamination - NEVER FOUND
Started - Milwaukee water treatment plant
Causes - dehydration, fever, stomach cramps, and diarrhea
People sick - 403,000 (100 died)
http://www.healthline.com/health/worst-disease-outbreaks-history#Cryptosporidium9 -
E. coli Breakout
Cause - E. coli
Cause of Contamination - Under cooked meat
Causes - Severe stomach cramps and stomach tenderness, Diarrhea, watery at first, but often becoming very bloody, Nausea and vomiting
Started - Seattle, California, Idaho, Texas and Nevada
http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/worst-foodborne-illness-outbreaks#6 -
Hepatitis Breakout
Cuase - Hepatitis
Cause of Contamination - Contaminated Strawberrys
Casues - fatigue, nausea, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, and low-grade fever.
Started - Mexico then transfered to schools in the U.S.A
http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/worst-foodborne-illness-outbreaks#7 -
E. Coli Breakout
Cause - E. Coli
Cause of Contamination - Cross-Contamination with the ready to eat food.
Causes - Severe stomach cramps and stomach tenderness, Diarrhea, watery at first, but often becoming very bloody, Nausea and vomiting
Started - Wisconsin
http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/worst-foodborne-illness-outbreaks#8 -
Listeria Breakout
Cause - Listeria
Cause of Contamination - sliced turkey deli meat from Pilgrim’s Pride Foods of PA.
Causes - fever, muscle aches, and sometimes nausea or diarrhea
Started - Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Michigan
http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/worst-foodborne-illness-outbreaks#9 -
Hepatitis A Breakout
Cause - Hepatitis A
Cause of Contamination - Green onions imported from Mexico
Causes - fatigue, nausea, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, and low-grade fever
Started - Chi-Chi’s restaurant in Monaca, Pennsylvania
http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/worst-foodborne-illness-outbreaks#10
http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/worst-foodborne-illness-outbreaks#10 -
E.coli Breakout
Cause - E.coli
Cause of Contamination - Lettuce from Cali.
Causes - Severe stomach cramps and stomach tenderness, Diarrhea, watery at first, but often becoming very bloody, Nausea and vomiting
Started - Toco Bell (East Coast)
http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/worst-foodborne-illness-outbreaks#12 -
Salmonella Outbreak
Cause - Salmonella
Cause of Contamination - Ground Turkey
Causes - diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps
Started - Cargill, Inc.
http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/worst-foodborne-illness-outbreaks#13
