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# Publisher’s Platform: MMWR – Food for Thought
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/08/publishers-platform-mmwr-food-for-thought/
- Published: 2012-08-05T01:59:01.000Z
- Updated: 2018-07-30T20:57:33.000Z
- Author: Bill Marler
- Tags: Opinion & Contributed Articles, botulism, Campylobacter, CDC, E. coli, Hepatitis A, HUS, Listeria, MMWR, norovirus, Publisher's Platform, Salmonella, Shigella, STEC, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 08:58

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Several years ago I started following the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ([MMWR](http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/?ref=foodsafetynews.com)). It used to come weekly in the mail (perhaps it still does), but it is a bit easier to see it online and it can be quickly [downloaded](http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm6130md.pdf?ref=foodsafetynews.com). Given my profession, I tend to quickly pass over some of the other notifiable diseases like [Babesiosis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babesiosis?ref=foodsafetynews.com) and [Psittacosis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psittacosis?ref=foodsafetynews.com), but several others perk my interest. Here is this week’s MMWR summary in the USA of those things generally food related: [Botulism](http://www.botulismblog.com/botulism-information-1/clostridium-botulinum/?ref=foodsafetynews.com) – Luckily none this week and only seven this year. There were twenty-four in 2011\. [Listeria](http://www.about-listeria.com/?ref=foodsafetynews.com) – Nine this week and 287 this year. There were 870 in 2011 (we all recall cantaloupe). [Hepatitis A](http://www.about-hepatitis.com/?ref=foodsafetynews.com) – Eleven this week and 755 this year. There were 739 in 2011 (we should all get vaccines). [Salmonella](http://www.about-salmonella.com/?ref=foodsafetynews.com) – 582 this week and 20,371 this year. There were 24,366 in 2011\. [Shiga Toxin E. coli](http://www.about-ecoli.com/?ref=foodsafetynews.com) – Fifty-four this week and 2,295 this year. There were 2,842 in 2011\. [Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)](http://www.about-hus.com/?ref=foodsafetynews.com) was seen three times this week and seventy-five times so far this year. There were 290 cases in 2011 (a good trend this year). [Shigella](http://www.about-shigella.com/?ref=foodsafetynews.com) – 142 this week and 6,619 this year. There were 6,424 in 2011 (not on pace for a positive 2012). Say, CDC, what about [Campylobacter](http://www.about-campylobacter.com/?ref=foodsafetynews.com), [Norovirus](http://www.about-norwalk.com/?ref=foodsafetynews.com)? For more information on Food Safety, keep current at **Food Safety News**. If you want to know too much about food poisoning, see [Foodborne Illness dot com](http://www.foodborneillness.com/?ref=foodsafetynews.com). And for complications, see [Guillain-Barré Syndrome](http://www.about-guillain-barre.com/?ref=foodsafetynews.com), [Irritable Bowel Syndrome](http://www.about-irritablebowelsyndrome.com/?ref=foodsafetynews.com) and [Reactive Arthritis](http://www.about-reactive-arthritis.com/?ref=foodsafetynews.com).