The amount of mushroom poisonings and the number of people affected doubled this past year in China compared to 2019.
In 2020, the number of investigations reached 676, involving 102 species of poisonous mushrooms, 24
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Nine people died in China after eating food contaminated with 20 to 30 times the lethal dose of a toxin, according to a study.
In October 2020, nine people in Jidong County, Heilongjiang Province died
Continue Reading Contaminated corn flour used in making ‘sour soup’ behind 9 deaths in China
Scientists have warned about the risk of Brucella outbreaks linked to unpasteurized milk in China.
In recent years, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported hundreds of infections from Brucella melitensis after
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Poisonous mushrooms were the most common cause of outbreaks in China during a 14-year period, according to a study.
Researchers looked at data reported to the National Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System from 2003 to
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An increase in hepatitis A infections in a Chinese province earlier this year has been attributed to eating raw or undercooked seafood.
In February 2020, there was a 138 percent increase in hepatitis A infections
Continue Reading Hepatitis A increase in Chinese province linked to seafood
Researchers in China have reported the first identified outbreak caused by a local Campylobacter jejuni infection in Beijing.
A total of 14 patients were sick who worked at the same factory. They had shared a
Continue Reading Scientists say Campylobacter behind August 2019 outbreak in Beijing
