One of the most important protections we have against foodborne illness is our disease-surveillance systems. These systems field reports from widespread sources and may include disease-reporting registries, local and state
In a crisis communication training exercise a few years ago, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made “table top” emergency decisions about what to do if the
Last week, CDC released two “Final Update” reports on Salmonella outbreak investigations within a 48-hour period.
The first report, released on January 17th, summarized the results of an investigation into
Salmonella Enteritidis infections centered in Texas and Oklahoma, but also spread over 8 other states, sickened 68 people who ate at a Mexican-style fast food restaurant chain in October and
Between August 2010 and June 2011, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) counted 109 people in 38 states infected with a commercial strain of Salmonella Typhimurium
In what was the country’s largest foodborne illness outbreak of 2011, in terms of number of illnesses, chicken livers contaminated with Salmonella Heidelberg sickened 190 people in six states.
Nineteen people in seven states have now been confirmed infected with a multi-drug resistant strain of Salmonella Typhimurium in the outbreak linked to contaminated ground beef sold at Hannaford Supermarkets,
Foodborne illness poses a $77.7 billion economic burden in the United States annually, according to a new study published in the Journal of Food Protection.
The new estimate is
From the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Food Safety Epidemiology Capacity in State Health Departments — United States, 2010
December 23, 2011 / 60(50);1701-1704:
…In 2010, a
In the outbreak linked to ground beef sold at Hannaford Supermarkets, 16 people in seven states have now been infected with an antibiotic-resistant strain of Salmonella Typhimurium linked, the Centers
While many of us have been wondering what the Kardashians will do next, or who will be cut from Dancing with the Stars, or what silly thing the Republican presidential
In 2009, Nestlé Toll House prepackaged cookie dough sickened 77 people in 30 states, and 35 of those people were admitted to the hospital, a few with severe illness. Nestlé