2006 E.

COLI O157:H7 OUTBREAK

2011 LISTERIA OUTBREAK
 an outbreak linked to
spinach contaminated  an outbreak of Listeria
with shiga toxin- monocytogenes was linked to
producing E. coli consumption of contaminated
 199 illnesses in 26 states whole cantaloupes
 More than 100 people  The cantaloupes were grown
were hospitalized and 3 on a farm in Colorado, but
died caused illnesses in 28 states in
 31 developed a type of total
kidney failure called  150 people became ill, of
hemolytic-uremic whom 143 were hospitalized
syndrome (HUS) and 33 died.
FOODBORNE ILLNESS
CASES
2016 HEPATITIS A OUTBREAK

 linked to contaminated 2015 ESCHERICHIA COLI

frozen strawberries OUTBREAK
 Caused 143 illnesses in 9
states.  A shiga toxin-producing
 More than 50 people were Escherichia coli O157:H7 linked
hospitalized to commercial chicken salad
 Nearly all ill people  Caused 19 illnesses in 7 states.
reported drinking a  5 ill people were hospitalized,
smoothie containing and 2 developed HUS, a type
strawberries from cafés of kidney failure
located in a limited  No death
geographical area in the
month before illness started
 If you handle raw
Pets should also be meat/poultry/seafood
Handle food
discouraged from and those foods (or
with tongs, a
domestic kitchens and their juices), DO NOT
spoon or some must never be allowed come in contact with
other utensil into a shop or cooked/prepared
which is clean community kitchen foods, bacteria can
transfer from the raw to
HYGIENE the cooked foods

Wash hands before PREVENTION OF FOOD

handling food and be CONTAMINATION
sure to clean under the
finger nails Dried foods should be
stored in sealed
containers to stop the
access of pests

STORAGE

Storing foods in Do not buy

refrigerators dented or
and freezers blown cans