{"id":1875313,"date":"2023-04-18T11:22:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T16:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1875313"},"modified":"2024-10-14T10:43:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T15:43:54","slug":"what-is-the-cause-of-food-poisoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/what-is-the-cause-of-food-poisoning\/","title":{"rendered":"This Food Is Most Likely to Cause Food Poisoning (and It&#8217;s Not Meat)"},"content":{"rendered":"After this year's recalls of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/charcuterie-recall\/\">charcuterie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/gerber-formula-recall\/\">baby formula<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/salmonella-outbreak-flour\/\">flour<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/trader-joes-fruit-blend-recall\/\">Trader Joe's Tropical Fruit Blend<\/a>, you may be surprised to learn what the number one cause of food poisoning in America happens to be.\r\n\r\nYou might think it would be undercooked beef, raw milk or eggs, or other items that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/collection\/food-poisoning-experts-avoid-these-foods\/\">food poisoning experts say to avoid<\/a>. But a new study from <em>Consumer Reports<\/em> actually points to a different culprit.\r\n<h2>What Is the Top Cause of Food Poisoning?<\/h2>\r\nSurprise! It's actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/collection\/guide-to-leafy-green-vegetables\/\">leafy greens<\/a>, one of the healthiest food choices in the grocery store. Between the years of 2017-2022, leafy greens caused 614 illnesses and 50 recalls, according to a study by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/health\/food-recalls\/risky-recalled-foods-you-should-know-about-a4109713872\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consumer Reports.<\/a><\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>Consumer Reports<\/em> looked at recalls and outbreaks of widely consumed foods during the five-year window between 2017 and 2022, focusing on bacterial contamination (and not recalls due to things like allergens or extraneous particles found in food). In putting together the ranking, <em>Consumer Reports<\/em> notes that contaminated leafy greens were also responsible for the most deaths, 11, of any food on its list.\r\n<h2>Why Are Leafy Greens the Top Cause of Food Poisoning?<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1875437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Getty-1014317284-Resize-DH-TOH-Leafy-Greens-Most-Likely-to-Give-You-Food-Poisoning.jpg?fit=700,467\" alt=\"Bacteria And Germs On Vegetables and the health risk of ingesting bacteria\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe most likely cause of leafy green recalls is <em>E.coli<\/em> and listeria contamination. Water used to irrigate growing fields has been found to occasionally be polluted with manure from nearby cattle feedlots. Pre-packaged greens can also be contaminated with salmonella or listeria in food processing plants, which is what happened during a salad greens recall in 2021.\r\n<h2>What Other Foods Have Caused the Most Food-Borne Illnesses?<\/h2>\r\nThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 48 million people each year get sick from bacteria such as salmonella, listeria or <em>E. coli<\/em>, from all sorts of foods. Here is the full list from <em>Consumer Reports<\/em>:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Leafy Greens<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Cheese and Deli Meat<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ground Beef<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Onions<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Turkey<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Chicken<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Papayas<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Peaches<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Cantaloupe<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Flour<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nIn second place on <em>Consumer Reports'<\/em> list was deli meat, which is no surprise. 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