October 2, 2026 — A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that marine toxins continue to be responsible for most of the noninfectious foodborne outbreaks that occur in the U.S. every year, and of the cases reported, nearly all are linked to two types: scombroid toxin and ciguatoxin.
Using data from the CDC’s Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System (FDOSS), the study analyzed 402 noninfectious foodborne disease outbreaks that occurred from 2011 to 2023 and led to 1,280 illnesses, 96 hospitalizations, and one death. The CDC explained that for an incident to be an outbreak, there must be two or more cases of a similar illness that are associated with a common food exposure.