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What is a food borne outbreak?

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 9/14/2022

Examples would include salmonella, shigella, E. Coli organisms, among many others, which contaminate food, and especially spoiled food, quite easily.
It is a cluster of two or more infections caused by the same agent (pathogen or toxin) which upon investigation are linked to the same food.
A food borne disease outbreak is a sudden increase in the number of cases of a particular illness that is associated with eating or handling a certain food product.

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