Major national food poisoning between 2000 and 2009

ObjectiveTo explore the orderliness and characteristics of major national food poisoning,in order to provide a basis for preventing and controlling food poisoning.Methods Descriptive analysis of the quantity of occurrence,the number of poisoning people,the number of deaths,seasonal occurrence,place of poisoning and types of poisoning was made,all information of which was reported by Ministry of Public Health between 2000 and 2009.Results The quantity of major national food poisoning is 3 299.The number of poisoning people is 121 007,2048 of whom died,and case/fatality ratio was 1.69% in 10 years.Poisoning increased from 150 cases and 6237 people in 2 000 to 596 cases and 18 063 people in 2008.The trend was increasing year by year.Fall was the popular season of food poisoning,when the quantity of occurrence accounted for 36.66% and the number of poisoning people accounted for 42.48% of all year.Microorganism was the main reason of food poisoning,which accounted for 54.72% of all.Food poisoning caused by toxic plant and animal was high mortality from type,the number of deaths due to toxic plant was 47.12% and due to toxic animal was 39.99% of all.Family dinner was a reason for high incidence of food poisoning and had the highest mortality,the number of deaths accounted for 80.57% of all.Conclusion The situation of food poisoning still grim.Strengthening educational propaganda and training,regulating behavior of the catering industry,strengthening the efforts to key season,key vocation and key tache are effective measures to prevent and control major food poisoning.