The UK’s Food Standards Agency released the results of its food poisoning research which studied the rate of occurrence in the UK and how food poisoning can be attributed to different foods.
Results of the study indicated that more than 500,000 cases of food poisoning occur each year from known pathogens. Campylobacter was far and away the more common pathogen, followed by Clostridium perfringens and norovirus. Salmonella caused the most trips to the hospital.