Food science project: outbreak Timeline

  • Sea food outbreak in New York

    Sea food outbreak in New York
    Seafood illnessThe outbreak started in 1980 through 1994. 3959 illnesses, 76 hospitalizations, and 4 deaths during this period.
    The shellfish and finfish was the main food source it was contaminated with Norwalk virus and scombrotoxinNorwalk virus accounted for 42% of outbreaks and 42% of illnesses, and scombrotoxin accounted for 44% of outbreaks and 19% of illnesses. and 3 deaths were from Clostridium botulinum; the remaining death was caused by Vibrio vulnificus.
  • salad bar contamination

    salad bar contamination
    Salmonellosis A community in Oregon had an outbreak of Salmonellosis from salad bars at a local restuarant . A total of 751 people with Salmonella gastroenteritis associated with
    eating or working at area restaurants.
  • Listeriosis Outbreak

    Listeriosis Outbreak
    Listeriosis Outbreak142 cases of human listeriosis linked to eating soft, Mexican-style cheese in Los Angeles County. 93 of those infections 65.5 percent are struck pregnant women or their offspring. The other 49 cases 34.5 percent, were non-pregnant adults. 28 died, including 10 newborns and 18 adults. There were also 20 miscarriages.
    Jalisco’s used both raw and pasteurized milk in its product.
  • E.Coli at Jack in the box

    E.Coli at Jack in the box
    E.coli at jack in the box 708 people are known to have become infected with the Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacterium in restauarant locations Seattle, California, Idaho, Texas and Nevada,
    171 people required hospitalization. 45 of the infected children required hospitalization, of which 38 suffered serious kidney problems and 21 required dialysis
  • Frozen Strawberry Scare

    Frozen Strawberry Scare
    strawberry outbreakHepatitis A Associated with Consumption of Frozen Strawberries in Michiagan.260 students and faculty to fall ill with the disease.
  • E. coli at Sizzler

    E. coli at Sizzler
    Ecoli49 people ill, including 26 children.
    One 3-year-old girl had died from E. coli complications.
    located in Milwaukee.
    Officials believe contaminated watermelon at the Milwaukee Sizzler’s salad bar may be connected to the outbreak. Two meat samples from that restaurant have tested positive for E. coli,
  • Taco Bell outbreak

    Taco Bell outbreak
    Taco bell71 people with illness associated with the Taco Bell restaurant outbreak have been reported to CDC from 5 states: New Jersey (33), New York (22), Pennsylvania (13), Delaware (2), and South Carolina (1). Ecoli was in the lettcue, chedder cheese, and ground beef
    53 (75%) were hospitalized and 8 (11%) developed a type of kidney failure called hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS).
  • Hot Peppers & Peanut Butter Cause Salmonella

    Hot Peppers & Peanut Butter Cause Salmonella
    sickened at least 714 Americans across 46 states had got salmonella from peanut butter and peppers
  • Cargill Ground Turkey Causes Salmonella

    Cargill Ground Turkey Causes Salmonella
    Ground Turkey 36 million pounds of ground turkey products that may be contaminated with a multi-drug resistant strain of Salmonella.
    at least 76 illnesses across the United States and one death in California.At least 77 illnesses in 26 states, beginning as early as March, have been reported to be the same strain of resistant Salmonella.
  • salmonella Heidelberg Infections Linked to Tyson

    salmonella Heidelberg Infections Linked to Tyson
    nine people were infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg were reported from Tennessee. no deaths two people in the hospital.