Ever wonder what foods are responsible for food poisoning? According to the data from the CDC, here are the most common sources of food poisoning incidents in the U.S. While many cases result in upset stomachs, some food poisoning cases can be life threatening and can cause dangerous levels of dehydration. Thousands of people actually die every year from food poisoning so it’s not to be taken lightly.
Below is a table of the most common sources of food poisoning.
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| fin fish | 190 |
| chicken | 179 |
| egg | 129 |
| beef | 124 |
| pork | 105 |
| turkey | 64 |
| leafy green | 57 |
| milk | 41 |
| ground beef | 37 |
| tuna | 35 |
| rice | 35 |
| oysters, raw | 28 |
| fruit, unspecified | 28 |
| oysters | 27 |
| milk, whole milk unpasteurized | 25 |
| vine-stalk eg. tomato | 23 |
| lettuce | 22 |
| sauces/ dressings | 17 |
| cheese | 17 |
| root (eg. potato) | 15 |
| sprouts | 13 |
| liver, chicken | 13 |
| fish, tuna | 13 |
| crustacean | 13 |
| legume | 12 |
| fish, baracuda | 12 |
| spices | 11 |
| shellfish | 11 |
| water | 10 |
| bread | 10 |
| fish, grouper | 9 |
| fish, amberjack | 9 |
| chicken; chicken | 9 |
| tomato | 8 |
| rice, white | 8 |
| raw milk | 8 |
| fish, mahi mahi | 8 |
| clams | 8 |
| other baked goods | 7 |
| milk, unpasteurized | 7 |
| fish | 7 |
| beans | 7 |
| pasta | 6 |
| mushrooms | 6 |
| leafy green; cheese | 6 |
| leaf lettuce | 6 |
| yellowfin tuna | 5 |
| tuna steak | 5 |
| ice | 5 |
| ham | 5 |
| fungus | 5 |
| buffet | 5 |
| Source | Count |