I love the folks at the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute for keeping track of all the data of foodborne illness burden and publishing it last month in the Journal of Food Protection. The top ten alone cost us over $8,000,000,0000 yearly. Here is the Top 40 List by number of illnesses caused on an annual basis in the Untied States:
1. Campylobacter/Poultry
2. Toxoplasma/Pork
3. Listeria/Deli Meats
4. Salmonella/Poultry
5. Listeria/Dairy
6. Norovirus/Complex*
7. Salmonella/Complex
8. Toxoplasma/Beef
9. Salmonella/Produce
10. Toxoplasma/Game
11. Salmonella/Eggs
12. Listeria/Complex
13. Salmonella/Beef
14. Salmonella/Pork
15. Norovirus/Produce
16. Salmonella/Dairy
17. Yersinia/Pork
18. Toxoplasma/Produce
19. V. vulnificus/Seafood
20. Campylobacter/Dairy
21. Salmonella/Seafood
22. E. coli O157/Beef
23. Norovirus/Seafood
24. Listeria/Pork
25. Listeria/Poultry
26. Listeria/Produce
27. Listeria/Seafood
28. Campylobacter/Produce
29. Norovirus/Bakery
30. Norovirus/Poultry
31. Salmonella/Deli Meats
32. Campylobacter/Pork
33. Campylobacter/Beef
34. Toxoplasma/Poultry
35. Salmonella/Bakery
36. C. perfringens/Beef
37. Vibrio other/Seafood
38. C. perfringens/Poultry
39. Shigella/Complex
40. Campylobacter/Eggs
* Multiple ingredient food item