Authors: Simone, E.¹; Goosen, M.²; Notermans, Servé H.W.²; Borgdorff, Martien W.¹

Source: Journal of Food Protection®, Volume 60, Number 4, April 1997 , pp. 442-446(5)

Publisher: International Association for Food Protection

Abstract:

Foodborne illnesses investigated in the period 1991 to 1994 by the regional Food Inspection Services in The Netherlands are summarized and evaluated. In this period 2,621 incidents were reported, involving 7,567 ill people. Types of food most commonly implicated were Chinese-Indonesian food and meat products. More than half of the incidents were reported to originate in a restaurant or snack bar. Although laboratory investigations were carried out when possible, a likely causative agent was identified in only 8.3% of the incidents. Of the incidents with a known etiological agent, 19% were attributed to Bacillus cereus, 16% to Salmonella spp., 11% to Clostridium perfringens, 10% to chemical toxins, 6% to Escherichia coli, and 5% to Staphylococcus aureus. The present system covers only a tiny proportion of all foodborne illness and does not utilize epidemiological evidence to identify the source of outbreaks. It is recommended to supplement the microbiological data collected at present with epidemiological evidence, in particular in outbreaks involving 10 people or more.

Keywords: FOODBORNE DISEASE; OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION; SURVEILLANCE; BACILLUS CEREUS; SALMONELLA

Document Type: Review article

Affiliations: 1: Department for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands 2: Laboratory for Microbiological Health Protection, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Publication date: 1997-04-01

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