Foodborne illness

Clostridium perfringens

1820

It was discovered in 1820, with the investigations carried out by Justinus Kerner (1786-1862), in the kingdom of Würtenburg, on the poisonings produced by sauces with meat, known as botulism.

Staphylococcus aureus

1880

Staphylococcus aureus is a microorganism discovered in 1880 by the Scottish surgeon Alexander Ogston (1844-1929), who found that the pus produced in surgical wounds was generated by this bacterium.

Salmonella Bacteria

1885

Salmonella Bacteria was discovered by Theobald Smith in 1885, isolating it from pigs infected with cholera.

Campylobacter

1886

Campylobacter was first described in 1886 by the German pediatrician and bacteriologist Theodore Escherich

Liateria

1929

This disease was identified in 1926 in animals and first called Bacterium monocytogenes because it increased the number of monocytes - a type of white blood cell - in the blood.

Norovirus

1936

The first outbreak was discovered in 1936 in Roskilde, Denmark. It is a virus that was originally named "Norwalk agent" after Norwalk, Ohio in the United States.