Foodborne illness is any illness resulting from the consumption of food.There are two types of food poisoning: food infection and food intoxication.... outbreaks.
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Foodborne illness is any illness resulting from the consumption of food.There are two types of food poisoning: food infection and food intoxication.... outbreaks.
The 2008 Chinese milk scandal is a Food safety in the People's Republic of China in the People's Republic of China involving milk and infant formula, and other food materials and components, which had been adulterant with melamine....
, sometimes referred to as , is a neurology syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, narrowing of the field of view and damage to Hearing and Manner of articulation....
is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Identical in symptoms to the original outbreak of Minamata disease in Kumamoto Prefecture, the second outbreak in Niigata Prefecture was confirmed with the same name in 1965....
Toxic Oil Syndrome or simply Toxic Syndrome was the name given to an unusual disease outbreak in Spain in 1981. Its first appearance was as a lung disease, with unusual features: though the symptoms initially resembled a lung infection, antibiotics were ineffective....
The Bradford sweets poisoning was the accidental arsenic poisoning of more than 200 people in Bradford, England in 1858; an estimated 20 people died when confectionery accidentally made with arsenic were sold from a market stall....
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In 1999 an estimated 5,000 deaths, 325,000 hospitalizations and 76 million illnesses were caused by foodborne illnesses within the US. Illness outbreaks lead to food recalls.
The 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack was the food poisoning of more than 750 individuals in The Dalles, Oregon, Oregon, United States through the contamination of salad bars at ten local restaurants with salmonella....
The 2007 pet food recalls comprise the contamination and wide Product recall of many brands of domestic cat and domestic dog foods beginning in March 2007 and the ensuing developments involving the human food supply....
Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome is an incurable and sometimes fatal flu-like neurological condition that is believed to have been caused by ingestion of poorly produced L-tryptophan supplements....
