Analysis on food poisoning events in Gansu province,2004-2010

Objective To analyze the food poisoning events reported in Gansu province in 2004-2010 and to provide evidence for the prevention and control of food poisoning.Methods Descriptive epidemiological analysis was conducted on the data of food poisoning events reported through the public emergency network direct reporting system in Gansu province in 2004-2010.Results The number of food poisoning events reported was 68,the number of food poisoning patients was 2 143,and the number of death cases caused by the events was 47,with a fatality rate of 2.19%.Most of the events occurred from June to October,especially in September.Microorganism food poisoning occurred most frequently(28 cases),followed by chemical food poisoning(22 cases)and vegetal and animal food poisoning(13 cases).The death cases were mainly caused by poisonous pesticide/rodenticide poisoning(25 deaths),mushroom(7 deaths),botulinum toxin(4 deaths),nitrite(3 deaths)and other poisoning(8 deaths).Conclusion For food poisoning events reported in Gansu province,microorganisms food poisoning was most frequent and the leading causes of death due to food poisoning were pesticide/rodenticide poisoning and mushroom poisoning.