Foodborne Disease Outbreak
The geographical area - large populations spread over large geographic areas also increases with modern food production and distribution.
Where it occurred -A foodborne disease outbreak occurs when two or more people get the same illness from the same contaminated food or drink.
The number of people sick from the outbreak -While many of them were found to have sickened a handful of individuals, a few stood out as especially wide in scope. Food Safety News has compiled a list of the 10 most harmful U.S. outbreaks of 2015, in terms of both the number of people who died and the number sickened.
Source if it was discovered -The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 6 Americans (about 48 million people) gets sick from food-related …show more content…
Symptoms vary depending on the cause, and are described below in this article. A few broad generalizations can be made, The incubation period ranges from hours to days, depending on the cause and on how much was consumed.
Foodborne illness (sometimes called "foodborne disease, "foodborne infection," or "food poisoning is a common, costly yet preventable public health problem. Each year, 1 in 6 Americans gets sick by consuming contaminated foods or beverages. Many different disease causing microbes, or pathogens, can contaminate foods, so there are many different foodborne infections. In addition, poisonous chemicals, or other harmful substances can cause foodborne diseases if they are present in food.
More than 250 different foodborne diseases have been described. Most of these diseases are infections, caused by a variety of bacteria, viruses, and parasites that can be foodborne. Other diseases are poisonings, caused by harmful toxins or chemicals that have contaminated the food, for example poisonous
Where it occurred -A foodborne disease outbreak occurs when two or more people get the same illness from the same contaminated food or drink.
The number of people sick from the outbreak -While many of them were found to have sickened a handful of individuals, a few stood out as especially wide in scope. Food Safety News has compiled a list of the 10 most harmful U.S. outbreaks of 2015, in terms of both the number of people who died and the number sickened.
Source if it was discovered -The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 6 Americans (about 48 million people) gets sick from food-related …show more content…
Symptoms vary depending on the cause, and are described below in this article. A few broad generalizations can be made, The incubation period ranges from hours to days, depending on the cause and on how much was consumed.
Foodborne illness (sometimes called "foodborne disease, "foodborne infection," or "food poisoning is a common, costly yet preventable public health problem. Each year, 1 in 6 Americans gets sick by consuming contaminated foods or beverages. Many different disease causing microbes, or pathogens, can contaminate foods, so there are many different foodborne infections. In addition, poisonous chemicals, or other harmful substances can cause foodborne diseases if they are present in food.
More than 250 different foodborne diseases have been described. Most of these diseases are infections, caused by a variety of bacteria, viruses, and parasites that can be foodborne. Other diseases are poisonings, caused by harmful toxins or chemicals that have contaminated the food, for example poisonous