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New testing methods account for some increases in illness stats

By News Desk on April 26, 2017

The winners for the dubious distinction of causing the most food borne illnesses for 2016 is out.

According to preliminary data recently published in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Campylobacter and Salmonella…
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Publisher’s Platform: Please, put me out of business

By Bill Marler on April 23, 2017
Bill Marler testified before Congress in support of the Food Safety Modernization Act, asking the government and the food industry to put him out of business.
Bill Marler testified before Congress in support of the Food Safety Modernization Act, asking the government and the food industry to put him out of business.

From about 2011 though the…
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Study finds outbreak and sporadic foodborne illnesses share traits

By News Desk on June 17, 2016

A study just published in Emerging Infectious Diseases compared characteristics of outbreak and sporadic, or non-outbreak, foodborne illnesses caused by four different pathogens and found evidence that most were similar regarding patients’ illness severity, gender…
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Rapid lab tests likely hampering some public health efforts

By News Desk on April 15, 2016

laboratorytesting-406 The next generation of rapid lab tests is helping doctors diagnose and treat foodborne illnesses faster than ever, but health officials are concerned increasing use of the tests is decreasing their ability to detect and…
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CDC Offers a Look Back at 20 Years of FoodNet

By Lydia Zuraw on August 14, 2015

CDCbuilding_406x250Twenty years ago, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta established the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) to track incidence of foodborne illness. For the September 2015 issues of Emerging…
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The Prevalence of Foodborne Illness

By James Andrews on June 15, 2015

Days ago, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its most recent yearly summary of foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States. The summary covered the year 2013, and it found that…
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Report: Fewer Foodborne Illness Outbreaks Being Reported or Solved Today

By News Desk on June 9, 2015

http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photography-writing-medical-report-image25054332States are reporting and solving fewer foodborne illness outbreaks compared to 10 years ago, according to a new report by the nonprofit consumer group Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). CSPI’s report analyzed…
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FoodNet Data for 2014: E. Coli O157 Down, Mixed Results for Other Pathogens

By Lydia Zuraw on May 14, 2015

CDC-FoodNet2014As in previous years, the latest federal data on trends in foodborne illness rates are a mixed bag. “The overall outlook is that there is some good news and I think we can learn from…
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Culture-Independent Diagnostics Most Common for Campylobacter, STEC

By Lydia Zuraw on March 18, 2015

According to Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network’s report on foodborne illness in 2013, clinical laboratories used culture-independent diagnostic tests (CIDTs) to detect more than 20,000 infections. Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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How CDC Uses Antibiotic Resistance Data

By Lydia Zuraw on August 15, 2014

Over the past year, you may have noticed that antimicrobial resistance information has been incorporated in the outbreak reports put out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The agency recently introduced the…
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FoodNet Report: Pathogen Infection Rates Still ‘Well Above’ Government Targets

By Lydia Zuraw on April 18, 2014

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its latest report card on the trends in foodborne illnesses on Thursday, and, in general, not much has changed from previous years. According to the Foodborne…
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