The Public Health Agency of Canada has compiled a list of pathogen data sheets that are continously being updated. The sheets contain information about the organism, the mode of transmission, chemicals that are effective in controlling the pathogen and symptoms. There is also guidance for handling these organisms in the laboratory.
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority has a shorter list of pathogens causing food borne inllness. The information is provided on PDF's. The PDF on human norovirus illustrates why it is very difficult to control. The pie chart from the US Centers for Disease Control lists Listeria and Toxoplasma as the top two causes of foodborne deaths.
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