The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have analyzed data on all foodborne illness outbreaks that occurred in 2009 and 2010, pinpointing the pathogens and foods that were most frequently the source of outbreaks. While
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No Quick Fixes for Outbreak Surveillance and Response
Many of us have experienced the frustration of learning of a foodborne disease outbreak and wondering why didn’t we know about it sooner, why we don’t know all the details we wanted to know, why…
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Budget Cuts Continue to Erode Public Health Readiness
Federal and state budget cuts are taking a measurable toll on the food safety system, according to a new analysis by the Trust for America’s Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Economic slowdown and widening…
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Flawed State Reporting Leaves Consumers Vulnerable
Inconsistent reporting of foodborne illnesses among states leaves large portions of the country vulnerable to the spread of potentially deadly outbreaks before health officials can identify their causes and recall contaminated foods.
Since 2006, Salmonella…
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House Ds Want Hearing on Emerging Pathogens
The leading Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are asking their Republican counterparts to hold a hearing on the public health threat posed by the rare and extremely virulent strain of E. coli…
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FDA: No Recent German Sprouts to U.S.
As the mysterious E. coli outbreak continues to unfold in Germany, U.S. public health officials are boosting surveillance of produce from Germany and Spain. Fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce remain suspects for the cause of…
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Video Used as Food Safety Tool by SD Co.
Four years ago when Dakota Provisions built its $120 million meat-processing plant on a 114-acre site near Huron, South Dakota, its No. 1 objective was to lead the industry in food safety, according to the…
Cargill Adds ‘Set of Eyes’ for Food Safety
Cargill’s Feb. 9 announcement that it will be using a third-party remote video auditing program to monitor food safety practices at its beef processing plants in Fresno, Calif. and Milwaukee, Wisconsin comes as good news…