Seafood leading cause of foodborne illness outbreaks, study says. (Manufacturing News).

Food Engineering, December, 2001

CONTAMINATED SEAFOOD IS THE LEADING known cause of foodborne illness outbreaks, according to a new report published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). The next biggest causes are eggs, fruits and vegetables, beef and poultry. Those findings are in CSP Outbreak Alert! report, which was released at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association.

"Seafood and other foods regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) caused four times more outbreaks than meat and poultry products, which are regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)," said Caroline Smith DeWaal, CSPI's director of food safety. "Despite that, the FDA has only one-tenth as many food-safety inspectors, and about one-third of the inspection budget...

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