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I did a quick Google search for “foodborne illness” it brought up this page from the national library of medicine.
This chapter presents information pertinent to foodborne pathogens (bacteria and bacterial toxins, viruses, parasites) and other biological issues (prions)
The word you’re looking for is “parasites”.
You really think they only have one problem to solve? If that were the case this would be relatively easy.