Worst Foodborne Illness Outbreaks of 2015

By Food Safety Tech Staff

December 28, 2015

Categories: Food Manufacturing, Foodservice & Retail, RC - Food Safety Testing

The CDC highlighted the following cases of contaminated food that resulted in foodborne illness outbreaks for 2015.

Pathogen	Company and/or Product	Cases	States	Hospitalizations	Deaths	Status
*Listeria*	Blue Bell Ice Cream	10	4	10	3	Investigation complete
*Listeria*	Karoun Dairies, Inc. (soft cheese)	30	10	28	3	Investigation complete
E.coli O26	Chipotle Mexican Grill	53	9	20	0	Investigation ongoing
*Salmonella*	Cucumbers	838	38	165	4	CDC provided last update 11/2015
*Salmonella*	Pork	192	5	30	0	CDC says outbreak “appears” to be over

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