During a multistate foodborne disease outbreak, CDC serves as lead coordinator between public health partners to detect the outbreak, define its size and extent, and to identify the source.
Public health officials investigate outbreaks to control them, so more people do not get sick in the outbreak, and to learn how to prevent similar outbreaks from happening in the future.
Recent Outbreak Investigations
- Cucumbers Salmonella Poona
- Pork – Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:-
- Raw, Frozen, Stuffed Chicken Entrees Produced by Aspen Foods – Salmonella Enteritidis
- Raw, Frozen, Stuffed Chicken Entrees Produced by Barber Foods – Salmonella Enteritidis
- Frozen Raw Tuna - Salmonella Paratyphi B variant L(+) tartrate(+) and Salmonella Weltevreden
- Live Poultry – Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Indiana,and Salmonella Muenchen
- Pet Crested Geckos – Salmonella Muenchen
- Frozen Feeder Rodents – Salmonella Typhimurium
- Live Poultry – Salmonella Infantis and Salmonella Newport
How to Report a Foodborne Illness
Steps to Investigate Outbreaks
InFORM Conference
November 17-20, 2015
Phoenix, AZ
Brings together laboratorians, epidemiologists, and environmental health specialists involved with outbreak response.
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- Page last updated: September 4, 2015
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