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Thinning out the food contamination incidents section

Latest comment: 4 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Hello all,

I will be thinning out the food contamination incidents to remove the least notable elements in order to try to thin out the section. As it stands the template has links to food scares that were not even contamination incidents, just rumors of contamination incidents. I will be removing links to any illness. I will make a little table and then decide where to put the bar as far as inclusion goes.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Acebulf (talk) 05:16, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Article	# affected	#dead	Verdict
Devon colic			Keep for historical purposes
1858 Bradford sweets poisoning	200	21	Keep
1900 English beer poisoning	6000	70	Keep
Morinaga Milk arsenic poisoning incident		>100	Keep
1989 Chilean grape scare	0	0	Remove, no food was ever contaminated
1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak	732	4	Keep
1996 Odwalla E. coli outbreak	66	1	Undecided
1999 Sun Orchard salmonellosis outbreak	400	1	Undecided, article is extremely small
2005 Indonesia food scare	0	0	Remove
2006 North American E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks			Keep
2007 Vietnam food scare	0	0	Remove, article is borderline AFD-worthy for lack of express notability, although it has links which I haven't checked yet (todo)
2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak	57	22	Keep
2008 Chinese milk scandal			Keep
2008 Irish pork crisis	0	0	Keep because of substantial recall that happened because of it
2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak	1442	2	Keep
2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak	3950	53	Keep
2011 Taiwan food scandal			Wait for merger
2011 United States listeriosis outbreak	147	30	Keep
2013 European aflatoxin contamination			"The details are still scarce."
2013 horse meat scandal			Keep for the significant coverage it received
2013 Taiwan food scandal			Wait for merger
2014 Taiwan food scandal			Wait for merger
2015 United States E. coli outbreak	19	0	Remove, the Chipotle outbreak should probably replace it
2017 Brazil weak meat scandal			Uncertain
Food safety incidents in China			Keep
Foodborne illness			Keep
outbreaks			Keep
death toll			Keep
United States			Keep
ICA meat repackaging controversy			Uncertain
Minamata disease			Keep
StarLink corn recall			Rm
Toxic oil syndrome			Keep

In the end, it seems like most elements are significant, I will probably end up considering alternatives to mass removal. Any input would be appreciated, might request comment later. Acebulf (talk) 05:45, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi @Acebulf: I added Esing Bakery incident, an article I've been working on, to the template. The death toll of the incident was very low (0–3) but it's historically significant so hopefully it's up to scratch. —Nizolan ^{(talk · c.)} 12:28, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

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