The CDC has not named the restaurant, but a food worker who was not wearing gloves has been determined to be the cause behind a norovirus outbreak that sickened more than 300 people.
In its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released yesterday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes
Continue Reading Sick restaurant employee blamed for outbreak that caused more than 300 illnesses
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a report on a four state outbreak that sickened 20 people. The implicated Salmonellas were linked to the same brand of cashew brie.
In keeping with its standard procedure, the CDC did not name the brand or manufacturer of the brie
Continue Reading CDC confirms that cashew brie caused multistate Salmonella outbreak
Foodborne illnesses in the United States decreased by 26 percent in 2020 compared with the average from 2017-19, according to a report released today.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that its FoodNet surveillance system identified 18,462 infections, including 4,788 hospitalizations and 118 deaths, according to the Morbidity
Continue Reading Foodborne illnesses decreased in 2020; could be result of pandemic factors
On Dec. 1, 2017, PulseNet, CDC’s molecular subtyping network for foodborne disease surveillance, identified a cluster of three Listeria monocytogenes clinical isolates with indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern combinations. These isolates were closely related to one another by whole-genome multilocus sequence typing within three allele differences (range = 0–3
Continue Reading Report says listeriosis cases linked to caramel apples show need for controls
States and territories have been steadily building their epidemiology staffs, but they collectively need another 1,200 to reach “full capacity” in terms of several key health areas, including foodborne illnesses and other infectious diseases.
One hundred percent of U.S. states and territories, as well as the District of Columbia, provided
Continue Reading Who’s minding the lab?
Federal officials this week made public details of two outbreaks of Trichinella infections in Alaska in the past 12 months, both linked to undercooked walrus meat.
Long associated with undercooked pork, the majority of cases of Trichinella infections in the U.S. since the late 1990s have been caused by wild
Continue Reading CDC reports 2 trichinellosis outbreaks traced to walrus meat
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 caused the most reported bacterial foodborne illnesses in 2016. The finding is from the
Continue Reading New testing methods account for some increases in illness stats
