食源性疾病是国际上最为突出的公共卫生问题 ,据世界卫生组织 (WHO)统计报告表明 ,全世界因食物污染而致病者已达数亿。美国每年有 76 0 0万人次食物中毒 ,其中约有 5 0 0 0人死于食物中毒。我国卫生部提供的信息 ,1 988年共收到食物中毒报告 5 5起 ,5 836人中毒 ,88人死亡 ;1 Food-borne diseases are the most prominent public health problems in the world. According to World Health Organization (WHO) statistical reports, hundreds of millions of people have been infected by food contamination in the world. In the United States, there are 7.6 million food poisonings each year, of which about 500 are dying from food poisoning. According to the information provided by the Ministry of Health in our country, a total of 55 reports of food poisoning were received in 1988, with 5836 people poisoned and 88 dead; 1