U.S. Food and Drug Administration / CFSAN / Office of Seafood
Foodborne Illness and Seafood
The following are selected chapters from the handbook "Foodborne
Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins" (The Bad Bug Book)
that have some connection with seafood and seafood safety.
This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic
microorganisms and natural toxins. Some technical terms have been linked
to the National Library of Medicine's Entrez
glossary. Recent articles from Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Reports have been added to selected chapters to update the
handbook with
information on later outbreaks or incidents of foodborne disease.
At the end of
selected chapters on pathogenic microorganisms, hypertext links are
included to relevant
Entrez abstracts and GenBank genetic loci. A complete
table of contents of the handbook is available.
Bacterial Pathogens associated with raw and processed seafood
Parasites that are sometimes found in raw seafood
Viruses that sometimes contaminate raw seafood
Natural Toxins that are sometimes found in seafood
Foodborne illnesses sometimes associated with seafood
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Text last edited: 1 Sep 1995 mow@vm.cfsan.fda.gov