Table 1. Foodborne outbreaks caused by pathogenic Escherichia coli during 2010–2019

Country	Year	Pathotype	Serotypes	Source	Incidence
USA	2010	EHEC	O157:H7	Cheese and beef	59
		EHEC	O145	Romaine lettuce	26
	2011	EHEC	O104	Sprouts	6
		EHEC	O157:H7	Romaine lettuce	58
	2014	EHEC	O121	Raw clover sprouts	19
		EHEC	O157:H7	Ground beef	12
	2015	EHEC	O26	Restaurant	55
		EHEC	O157:H7	Chicken salad	19
	2016	EHEC	O157:H7	Beef product	11
		EHEC	O121, O26	Flour	63
		EHEC	O157	Alfalfa sprouts	11
	2017	EHEC	O157:H7	Butter, leafy greens	57
	2018	EHEC	O157:H7	Romain lettuce	210
		EHEC	O157:H7	Ground beef	18
	2019	EHEC	O157:H7	Salad kit and romaine lettuce	177
		EHEC	O103	Ground beef	209
		EHEC	O26	Flour	21
		EHEC	O103 and O121	Bison	33
Korea	2012	EPEC	O169	Kimchi	230
	2013	ETEC	O157:H45	Egg soup and tuna bibimbap	33
Japan	2011	EHEC	O111 and O157	Raw beef dishes	181
	2012	ETEC	O169:H41	Japanese restaurant	102
China	2010	EPEC	O127a:K63	Dining room	112
Italy	2012	EIEC	O96H19	Cooked vegetables	109
German	2011	EHEC	O104:H4	Sprouts	3,816
France	2011	EHEC	O104:H4	Fenugreek seeds	24
		EHEC	Sorbitol-fermenting O157:H7	Frozen ground beef products	18
England	2010	EHEC	O157 PT8	Raw leeks and potatoes	252
	2013	EAEC	O131:H27, O104:H4, O20:H19	Food festival	592
Denmark	2010	ETEC	O6:K15:H16	Lettuce	264
Norway	2012	ETEC	O78	Imported chives and scrambled eggs	>300

Adapted from Yim with permission of author [7].
EHEC, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli; EPEC, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli; ETEC, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; EIEC, enteroinvasive Escherichia coli; EAEC, enteroaggregative Escherichia coli.