27.06.2014

Poultry meat was linked to the most cases of foodborne illness in the United Kingdom, while campylobacter was the most common pathogen in food poisoning cases, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK.
The FSA research found that:
• There are more than 500,000 cases of food poisoning a year from known pathogens. This figure would more than double if it included food poisoning cases from unknown pathogens.
• Campylobacter was the most common foodborne pathogen, with about 280,000 cases every year.
• The next most common pathogen was Clostridium perfringens with 80,000 cases, and norovirus was third with an estimated 74,000 cases.
• Salmonella is the pathogen that causes the most hospital admissions – about 2,500 each year.
• Poultry meat was the food linked to the most cases of food poisoning, with an estimated 244,000 cases every year.
• After poultry, produce including vegetables, fruit, nuts and seeds, caused the second highest number of cases of illness (an estimated 48,000 cases), while beef and lamb were third (an estimated 43,000 cases).