Multicriteria-based ranking for risk management of food-born parasites: http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/ee07c6ae-b86c-4d5f-915c-94c93ded7d9e/

1. 1. Taenia solium – Pork
2. Echinococcus granulosus – Fresh produce 14. Paragonimus spp. – Freshwater crustaceans
15. Trichuris trichiura – Fresh produce
6. Entamoeba histolytica – Fresh produce 18. Balantidium coli – Fresh produce
7. Trichinella spiralis – Pork 19. Taenia saginata – Beef
8. Opisthorchiidae – Freshwater fish 20. Toxocara spp. – Fresh produce
9. Ascaris spp. – Fresh produce 21. Sarcocystis spp. – Beef and pork
10. Trypanosoma cruzi – Fruit juices
11. Giardia duodenalis – Fresh produce
The Global Ranking of Food-borne Parasites by “importance”
and their primary food vehicle
(in descending order)
Jul. 2014. http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/ee07c6ae-b86c-4d5f-915c-94c93ded7d9e/
13. Cyclospora cayetanensis – Berries, fresh
produce
3. Echinococcus multilocularis – Fresh
produce4. Toxoplasma gondii – Meat from small
ruminants, pork, beef, game (red meat and
organs)
16. Trichinella spp. – Game meat (wild boar,
crocodile, bear, walrus, etc.)
5. Cryptosporidium spp. – Fresh produce, fruit
juice, milk
17. Anisakidae – Salt water fish, crustaceans,
and cephalopods
22. Heterophyidae – Fresh and brackish water
fish
23. Diphyllobothriidae – Fresh and salt water
fish
12. Fasciola spp. – Fresh produce (aquatic
plants)
24. Spirometra spp. – Fish, reptiles and
amphibians
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3649e.pdf