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Botulism
Location: Peoria, Illinois Cause/Microorganism: caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and sometimes by strains of Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium baratii. of People sick: 28 persons were hospitalized, and 20 patients were treated with an antitoxin. 12 patients required ventilatory support and 1 death resulted. -
Listeriosis
Location: Southern California Cause/Microorganism: Listeria bacteria can be found in soil, water and animal feces. Raw vegetables that have been contaminated from the soil or from contaminated manure used as fertilizer. of people sick: There were 52 deaths, including 19 stillbirths and 10 infant deaths. -
Salmonella
Location: New Jersey Cause/Microorganism: a sample of the fish has been sent to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. of people sick: 4 people -
Salmonella
Location: Marshall, Minnesota Cause/Microorganism: caused by a contractor’s truck that delivered an ice cream pre-mix to Schwan’s. In a previous load, the trucker had carried raw, unpasteurized eggs and the tank had not been properly washed between loads. of people sick: over 3,000 additional people in as many as 41 states , 740 people in 30 states -
Hepatitis A
Location: San Diego, California. Causes/Microorganisms: transmitted orally from contamination of food and water through human waste. of people sick: 153students -
E. coli O157:H7
Loctaion: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Cause/Microorganism: prepackaged washed spinach of people sick: young girl died and 65 other people were sickened -
Hepatitis A
Location: Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Cause/Microorganism: from green onions served at Chi-Chi's restaurants of people sick: more than 660 people infected including four fatalities -
Salmonella
Location: Blakely, Georgia Cause/Microorganism: five-pound tub of King Nut brand creamy peanut butter in a Minnesota nursing home contained the bacteria to blame for the outbreak. of people sick: Nine are believed to have died and an estimated 22,500 were sickened -
Salmonella
Found in Foster Farms Chicken In the U.S and Canada -
Salmonella
Location: California
Cause/Microorganism: cucumbers imported from Mexico of people sick: over 300 people
