Foodborne Disease

Recent News

Oct 14, 2013

317-case Salmonella outbreak prompts recall of rotisserie chicken

A San Francisco Costco store has recalled 39,755 pounds of chicken linked to a Salmonella outbreak.

Oct 11, 2013

News Scan for Oct 11, 2013

Feds: Poultry plants can stay open
New flu strain in bats
Cell-based flu vaccine availability
Oct 11, 2013

Public health groups oppose 'mini' House bills to fund agencies

Public health groups are lining up to oppose 'piecemeal' efforts to fund federal agencies.

Oct 10, 2013

USDA may pull inspectors from Salmonella outbreak plants

The USDA told Foster Farms it will block plant operations if the company doesn't take quick action.

Oct 03, 2013

News Scan for Oct 03, 2013

Potential MERS treatment
Fecal transplant via pill
FSMA rules wrangling
Malaria in London
Sep 27, 2013

Food Safety Scan for Sep 27, 2013

Cantaloupe farmers arrested
Animal antibiotics data
Cholera in Mexico, Caribbean
Sep 25, 2013

News Scan for Sep 25, 2013

More polio in Pakistan
Raw cheese E coli outbreak
UN malaria campaign
TB spread in households
Sep 24, 2013

News Scan for Sep 24, 2013

MERS-CoV research wanted
Hepatitis A berry outbreak
H5N1 outbreaks in Nepal
Land use and disease
Sep 23, 2013

News Scan for Sep 23, 2013

Ebbing flu vaccine effectiveness
MRSA increase in kids
Group decries poultry inspection program
Sep 17, 2013

News Scan for Sep 17, 2013

Cyclospora outbreak update
Tracking drug resistance
Public FSMA meeting

Resources & Literature

Recent Literature

Bennet SD, Walsh KA, Gould LH. Foodborne disease outbreaks caused by Bacillus cereus, Clostridium perfringens, and Staphylococcus aureus, United States, 1998-2008. Clin Infect Dis 2013 Aug 1;57(3):525-33

CDC. Incidence and trends of infection with pathogens transmitted commonly through food--Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. sites, 1996-2012. MMWR 2013 Apr 19;65(15):283-7

CDC. Notes from the field: use of electronic messaging and the news media to increase case finding during a Cyclospora outbreak—Iowa, July 2013. MMWR 2013 Aug 2;62(30):613-4

CDC. Surveillance for foodborne disease outbreaks--United States, 2009-2010. MMWR 2013 Jan 25;62(3):41-7 

CDC. Surveillance for waterborne disease outbreaks associated with drinking water and other nonrecreational water—United States, 2009-2010. MMWR 2013 Sep 6;62(35):714-20

Consumer Federation of America. Child poverty, unintentional injuries and foodborne illness: are low-income children at greater risk? Jun 18, 2013

Coulombier D, Takkinen J. From national to international--challenges in cross-border multi-country, multi-behicle foodborne outbreak investigations. (Editorial) Euro Surveill 2013 Mar 14;18(11):pii=20423

FDA. The reportable food registry: targeting inspection resources and identifying patterns of adulteration: third annual report. May 1, 2013

GAO (US Government Accountability Office). Food safety: More disclosure and data needed to clarify impact of changes to poultry and hog inspections. GAO-13-775. Released Sep 5, 2013 (but dated Aug 22)

Gould LH, Walsh KA, Vieira AR, et al. Surveillance for foodborne disease outbreaksUnited States, 1998-2008. MMWR 2013 Jun 28;62(SS02):1-34

Griese SE, Fleischauer AT, MacFarquhar JK, et al. Gastroenteritis outbreak associated with unpasteurized tempeh, North Carolina, USA. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Sep;19(9):1514-7

Hall AJ, Wikswo ME, Manikonda K, et al. Acute gastroenteritis surveillance through the National Outbreak reporting system, United States. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Aug;19(8):1305-9

Jones TF, Rosenberg L, Kubota K, et al. Variability among states in investigating foodborne disease outbreaks. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2013 Jan 15;10(1):69-73 

Kendall ME, Mody RJ, Mahon BE, et al. Emergence of salsa and guacamole as frequent vehicles of foodborne disease outbreaks in the United States, 1973-2008. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2013 Apr 8;10(4):316-22

Kozak GK, MacDonald D, Landry L, et al. Foodborne outbreaks in Canada linked to produce: 2001 through 2009. J Food Prot 2013 Jan;1:173-83 

Liang R, Tian J, She R, et al. Airborne microbial composition in a high-throughput poultry slaughtering facility. J Food Prot 2013 Mar;3:413-9

Maunula L, Kaupke A, Vasickova P, et al. Tracing enteric viruses in the European berry fruit supply chain. Int J Food Microbiol 2013 (published online Sep 12)

McCollum JT, Cronquist AB, Silk BJ, et al. Multistate outbreak of Listeriosis associated with cantaloupe. N Engl J Med 2013;369:944-53

Middleton B, Savage R, Tighe MK, et al. Risk factors for sporadic domestically acquired Salmonella serovar Enteritidis infections: a case-control study in Ontario, Canada, 2011. Epidemiol Infect 2013 (published online Sep 13)

Painter JA, Hoekstra RM, Ayers T, et al. Attribution of foodborne illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths to food commodities by using outbreak data, United States, 1998-2008. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Mar;19(3):407-15

Petran RL, White BW, Hedberg CW. Health department inspection criteria more likely to be associated with outbreak restaurants in Minnesota. J Food Prot 2012 Nov;75(11):2007-15 

Russo ET, Biggerstaff G, Hoekstra RM, et al. A recurrent, multistate outbreak of Salmonella serotype Agona infections associated with dry, unsweetened cereal consumption, United States, 2008. J Food Prot 2013 Feb;2:227-30 

Scavia G, Ciaravino G, Luzzi I, et al. A multistate epidemic outbreak of Salmonella Goldcoast infection in humans, June 2009 to March 2010: the investigation in Italy. Euro Surveill 2013 Mar 14;18(11)

Slayton RB, Turabelidze G, Bennett SD, et al. Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 associated with Romaine lettuce consumption, 2011. PLoS One 2013 Feb 4;8(2):e55300 

Thomas MK, Murray R, Flockhart L, et al. Estimates of the burden of foodborne illness in Canada for 30 specified pathogens and unspecified agents, circa 2006. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2013 Jun 21;10(7):639-48

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