Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare released the statistics of food poisoning by food.
According to it, 11 people died by food poisoning last year (2012). The following shows the statistics.
| Cause | Cases | Patients | Deaths |
| Shell | 49 | 583 | |
| Puffer fish | 14 | 18 | |
| Other seafood | 87 | 620 | 1 |
| Seafood processed food | 14 | 72 | |
| Meat and its processed food | 51 | 511 | |
| Egg and its processed food | 6 | 263 | |
| Cereal and its processed food | 16 | 713 | |
| Bean | 1 | 3 | |
| Mushroom | 57 | 166 | |
| Other vegetable and its processed food | 13 | 333 | 10 |
| Snack | 9 | 873 | |
| Complex cooking food | 74 | 2293 | |
| Other case, cause food was identified | 23 | 553 | |
| Other case, cause meal was identified | 497 | 17889 | |
| Unknown | 189 | 1809 | |
| Total | 1100 | 26699 | 11 |
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