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(Type A Clostridium Botulinum) in Peoria, Illinois. 28 persons were hospitalized, and 20 patients were treated with an antitoxin. 12 patients required ventilatory support and 1 death
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The largest number of food poisoning deaths recorded in U.S. history since the CDC began keeping records in 1970. is traced to Mexican-style soft cheese. There were 52 deaths, including 19 stillbirths and 10 infant deaths.
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E. coli O157:H7 in undercooked hamburgers from Jack in the Box. Four children died and nearly 700 others became sick in the Seattle area and other parts of the Pacific Northwest
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Salmonella in ice cream from Schwan's Sales Enterprises of Marshall, Minnesota. The outbreak was confirmed to have sickened 740 people in 30 states and is suspected to have sickened over 3,000 additional people in as many as 41 states. The contamination occurred when raw, unpasteurized eggs were hauled in a tanker truck that later carried pasteurized ice cream to the Schwan's plant.
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E. coli O157:H7 in unpasteurized apple juice from Odwalla. The company was using blemished fruit and ignored warnings from in-house safety experts and specialized in selling unpasteurized juices for their supposed health benefits. 70 people in several U.S. states were stricke
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the third deadliest outbreak of foodborne illness. There were 14 deaths and 4 miscarriages or stillbirths in a listeria outbreak in hot dogs and cold cuts. Some sources put the death toll as high as 21.
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unpasteurized orange juice. The juice was imported from Mexico in a tanker cooled with contaminated ice.[
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9 people became ill in California, Colorado, Michigan, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming as a result of eating tainted hamburger from a ConAgra plant in Greeley, Colorado
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The 2003 United States hepatitis A outbreak was the worst hepatitis A outbreak in U.S. history, more than 660 people infected including four fatalities. The infection was from green onions
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The United States saw an outbreak of listeriosis from cantaloupes from Colorado that lasted from July to September. 30 people died
