The World Health Organisation has released its first ever report on foodborne diseases. The report was titled “Estimates of the Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases”, which is the most comprehensive report to date on the impact of contaminated food on health and wellbeing.
The report provides the first estimates of global foodborne disease including, mortality, and disease burden in terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs).
Foodborne illness (also foodborne disease and colloquially referred to as food poisoning) is any illness resulting from the food spoilage of contaminated food, pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites that contaminate food, as well as chemical or natural toxins such as poisonous mushrooms.