**Abstract**

*Taenia saginata*, *Taenia solium*, and *Taenia asiatica* popularly known as beef, pork, and Asian tapeworm, are important food-borne parasites. Human taeniosis occurs as a zoonotic consequence of consumption of raw or under-cooked meat contaminated by viable larvae of *T. saginata* (*Cysticercus bovis*), *T. solium* (*Cysticercus cellulosae*) and *T. asiatica* (*Cysticercus viscerotropica*) and further development of their adult forms in human intestines. *T. solium* is highly endemic in pork-consuming poor communities of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, *T. asiatica* is restricted to Asia and is mainly confirmed in South Korea, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Thailand, while *T. saginata* is distributed worldwide. Tapeworms cause cysticercosis in pigs and cattle (intermediate hosts) and taeniosis in humans (definitive host). Cysticercosis can also affect people who unintentionally swallow *T. solium* eggs—contaminated soil, water, or food (mainly vegetables) or through self-infection or person-to-person transmission when hygiene practices are insufficient. In humans, human cysticercosis or neurocysticercosis is frequently caused by cysticerci that establish in the central nervous system. Given the effect of *T. solium* on public health and the potential negative effects of *T. saginata* and *T. asiatica* on the economy and trade, defining risk factors, reporting of taeniosis and human cysticercosis is crucial, and surveillance and notification methods in animals should be strengthened.

**Keywords:** *Taenia solium*, *Taenia saginata*, *Taenia asiatica*, taeniosis, cysticercosis, epidemiology, One Health
