A surveillance program for E. coli O157 created after a major outbreak in a Chinese city has recorded a decline in the pathogen.
A large and long outbreak of diarrhea, which included cases of hemolytic
Continue Reading Changes make difference after deadly E. coli outbreak in China
Chinese officials recorded almost 500 mushroom poisoning outbreaks in 2022 with 28 associated deaths.
This past year, China CDC investigated 482 incidents of mushroom poisoning across 21 regions. This resulted in 1,332 patients and 28 deaths.
Continue Reading China reports rise in deadly mushroom poisoning incidents
Ten people were sick and one died in China this past year after eating a toxic plant.
The food poisoning was caused by the wild plant Anisodus tanguticus, which contains tropane alkaloids.
The outbreak occurred in
Continue Reading Toxic plant caused illness and death in China
Eighty foodborne botulism outbreaks occurred in China involving 55 deaths over a 15-year period, according to a new study.
The top implicated food was home-prepared traditional processed stinky tofu and dried beef. Improper processing or
Continue Reading China reports 80 botulism outbreaks over 15-year period
China has linked seven COVID-19 outbreaks and almost 700 cases to contaminated imported frozen food packaging materials.
Scientists said the work supports speculation that cold-chain foods act as a pathway for SARS-CoV-2 and might present
Continue Reading China links seven COVID-19 outbreaks to food packaging
The implementation of a new global food safety strategy will be a challenge, according to a member of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on Food Safety.
Yongning Wu, from the China National
Continue Reading National action needed to implement food safety strategy
A waterborne typhoid fever outbreak sickened more than 20 people in China earlier this year.
The outbreak involved 23 patients in an apartment in Changping District in Beijing and was caused by extensively drug-resistant (XDR)
Continue Reading China records Salmonella outbreak from contaminated water
Cases linked to wild mushroom poisoning in China declined slightly this past year but still pose a huge problem in the country, according to researchers.
In 2021, there were 327 investigations involving 923 patients and
Continue Reading Mushroom poisonings in China responsible for deaths in 2021
Poisonous mushrooms remain a major problem in China as they caused the most outbreaks and deaths in the country in this past year. In 2020, there was a total of 7,073 foodborne outbreaks reported, resulting
Continue Reading China reports more than 7,000 outbreaks in 2020
More than 10,000 outbreaks caused by mushroom poisoning were reported across a decade in China, according to a recently released study.
Mushroom poisoning is the leading cause of foodborne disease outbreaks and outbreak-associated deaths in
Continue Reading Mushroom poisoning behind thousands of outbreaks in China
