vel y sll Ullg heurotoxin. Leads to paralysis and death). Today, food poisoning is very common. In the US it is thought that there are about 48 million illnesses per year. About 3,000 people die annually. The costs are many billions of dollars. For Thailand, no good data exists. To estimate for Thailand, divide by 5 (Thailand has about 65 million people vs. the US 300+ million)
Food spoilage is also quite a concern. In the past, it was quite out of control and losses were great. Now there is more control, but it is still a problem.