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Food Poisoning Related Illnesses

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 22 September 2011

Thursday, 22 September 2011

Ceisteanna (269)

Dominic Hannigan

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269 Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide data on the total number of food poisoning related illnesses reported here since 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25623/11]

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The list of notifiable diseases in Ireland was amended in 2004, the data pre and post that date will differ with respect to which notifiable diseases could be included under "food poisoning".

The table below shows the annual number since 2001 of cases of selected notifiable diseases that are most likely to be transmitted by food. The Deputy will notice that since 2004, specific notifiable categories are included in place of the general term of "food poisoning" as used in the previous three years.

Notifiable disease

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Bacillus cereus food-borne infection or intoxication

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

Foodborne Botulism

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

Campylobacter infection

1685

1796

1811

1879

1736

1807

1661

Clostridium perfringens (type A) food-borne disease

5

1

0

0

1

1

0

Food Poisoning (bacterial other than salmonella)

1219

1394

1623

Listeriosis

11

12

7

21

13

10

10

Salmonellosis

428

369

449

415

345

422

456

449

333

356

Shigellosis

28

26

36

56

36

53

43

75

70

60

Staphylococcal food poisoning

3

6

0

0

1

1

0

Trichinosis

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

Yersiniosis

6

3

1

7

3

3

3

Total

1675

1789

2108

2182

2199

2295

2408

2279

2226

2090

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