More than 1,600 foodborne outbreaks were declared in France in 2018 affecting 14,700 people with two deaths, according to statistics published by the national public health agency.
A total of 1,630 illness outbreaks were reported involving 14,742 people, and 777 of them needed hospital treatment.
Santé Publique France said the number has gone up from 2017 when 1,310 outbreaks were recorded affecting 13,010 people.
The two people that died were more than 85 years old. The first death was because of microbiologically confirmed poisoning from Bacillus cereus. The second followed intoxication where Bacillus cereus and Clostridium perfringens were suspected.
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