| food poisoning in hospitals in scotland. | a review of 50 hospital-based outbreaks of food poisoning which were reported in scotland during 1973--7, is described. at least 1530 persons consuming hospital-prepared food were involved. thirty-one episodes were associated with clostridium perfringens (c. welchii), 11 were due to food-borne salmonella infection, three to enterotoxigenic staphylococcus aureus, and five incidents were of undetermined aetiology. this differs noticeably from the experience in england and wales where salmonellas a ... | 1979 | 489961 |
| the epidemiology of clostridium welchii food poisoning. | | 1966 | 4292376 |
| disease associated with milk and dairy products: 1982. | | 1984 | 6318880 |
| outbreaks of foodborne infectious intestinal disease in england and wales: 1992 and 1993. | we have analysed data from the surveillance scheme of general foodborne outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease in england and wales reported to, or otherwise identified by, the phls communicable disease surveillance centre in 1992 and 1993. data were available about 458 outbreaks, 197 (43%) in commercial catering premises (restaurants, cafés, hotels, public houses, and canteens), 77 (17%) associated with food prepared in private houses, and 58 (13%) in hospitals and residential institutions. ... | 1995 | 7663603 |
| general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease in england and wales 1992 to 1994. | data from the surveillance scheme of general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease in england and wales, reported to the phls communicable disease surveillance centre (cdsc), were used to review 1280 of the 1594 outbreaks identified between 1 january 1992 and 31 december 1994 for which a minimum data set was captured. the number of outbreaks reported in each regional health authority ranged from 31 in mersey to 221 in yorkshire. the commonest pathogens reported were salmonellas in 32% (412) ... | 1996 | 8881602 |
| risk factors for outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease linked to domestic catering. | the epidemiology of general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease associated with domestic catering for large numbers is described and compared with foodborne outbreaks in other settings. from 1 january 1992 to 31 december 1994, the phls communicable disease surveillance centre identified 101 foodborne general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease associated with domestic catering in england and wales (16% of all foodborne outbreaks). salmonella species were associated with 77 of the 1 ... | 1996 | 8990573 |
| outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease in residential institutions in england and wales 1992-1994. | data from the surveillance scheme of all general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease in england and wales reported to or otherwise identified, by the public health laboratory service communicable disease surveillance centre (cdsc) in 1992 and 1994 were used to describe the epidemiology of outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease in residential institutions. outbreaks in residential institutions accounted for 22% (282/1275) of all outbreaks with most, 95% (268/282), occurring in homes fo ... | 1997 | 9120324 |
| general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease linked with poultry, england and wales, 1992-1999. | between 1992 and 1999, 1426 foodborne general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease (iid) were reported to the public health laboratory service communicable disease surveillance centre. a fifth were associated with the consumption of poultry. chicken was implicated in almost three quarters of these outbreaks, turkey in over a fifth and duck in 2% of outbreaks. the organisms most frequently reported were salmonella (30% of outbreaks), clostridium perfringens (21%) and campylobacter (6%). ove ... | 2001 | 11732355 |
| general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease linked with red meat, england and wales, 1992-1999. | between 1992 and 1999, 1,426 foodborne general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease (iid) were reported to the public health laboratory service (phls) communicable disease surveillance centre (cdsc). sixteen percent were linked with the consumption of red meat. over 5,000 people were affected, with 186 hospital admissions and nine deaths. beef (34%) and pig meat (32%) were the most frequently implicated meat types, with lamb implicated in 11% of outbreaks. the organisms most frequently rep ... | 2001 | 12109392 |
| trends in indigenous foodborne disease and deaths, england and wales: 1992 to 2000. | commitment to food safety is evidenced by high profile governmental initiatives around the globe. to measure progress towards targets, policy makers need to know the baseline from which they started. | 2002 | 12427786 |
| food poisoning in england and wales, 1961. | | 1962 | 13996858 |
| food poisoning in england and wales, 1962. | | 1963 | 14082204 |
| food poisoning in england and wales, 1963. a report of the public health laboratory service. | | 1964 | 14207185 |
| microbiological quality of ready-to-eat food served in schools in wales, united kingdom. | a survey of the general microbiological quality of ready-to-eat food served in schools was undertaken across wales, united kingdom. of the 2,351 samples taken, four were identified as containing unsatisfactory counts of escherichia coli, four contained unsatisfactory counts of staphylococcus aureus, and one contained an unacceptable count of bacillus cereus when compared with guidelines for the microbiological quality of ready-to-eat food published by the united kingdom public health laboratory ... | 2009 | 19205487 |
| a 17-year review of foodborne outbreaks: describing the continuing decline in england and wales (1992-2008). | systematic national surveillance of foodborne disease outbreaks effectively serves the development of public health policy on food safety. the health protection agency has maintained a collaborative surveillance system for foodborne outbreaks in england and wales since 1992. up to 2008, 2429 foodborne outbreaks were identified, described and analysed for changes over time. salmonella spp. accounted for half of the outbreaks, although the proportion of these decreased over the surveillance period ... | 2011 | 20696086 |
| microbiological quality of ready-to-eat foods: results from a long-term surveillance program (1995 through 2003). | the coordination of food sampling activities across wales, a part of the united kingdom with a population of approximately 3 million, led to the establishment in 1995 of a coordinated food-sampling program designed to monitor on a long-term basis the microbiological quality and safety of specific ready-to-eat products. this surveillance system has been ongoing for 9 years and has generated a database of microbiological and associated demographic results for 15,228 ready-to-eat food samples. the ... | 2005 | 21132974 |