Food-borne disease outbreaks in South Korea 2021, by place
In 2021, out of a total of 245 outbreaks of food-borne diseases, 119 occurred in food service businesses such as restaurants. As the year 2020 marked the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, lockdowns, and restrictions on dining out, the number of food-borne disease outbreaks was much lower than in previous years. Although the numbers of food-borne disease outbreaks increased again in 2021.
