Foodborne transmission of infectious intestinal disease in England and Wales, 1992-2003

Salmonella spp. were implicated in over half of all foodborne outbreaks. During the surveillance period, the proportion of outbreaks attributed to Salmonella spp., Clostridium perfringens and Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 decreased, whereas the proportion of outbreaks attributed to Campylobacters increased.