For Public Health Professionals

CDC Public Health Resources

• Outbreak Response
  • Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response
  • Toolkit for CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response
  • How are foodborne outbreaks investigated?
  • Reporting of Outbreaks of Foodborne Illness under the International Health Regulations
• Surveillance and epidemiology
  • Foodborne Diseases Epidemiology at a Glance: Epi 101 [PDF - 6 pages]
  • Foodborne Illness Surveillance Systems
  • Epidemiologic Foodborne Case Studies
  • Food Safety Town Hall Webinar
• Education
  • Spotlight–Food Safety
  • Foodborne Illness Publications
  • Food Safe Families Campaign Toolkit: Clean, Separate, Cook, Chill
  • Handwashing website
  • Handwashing fact sheet [PDF - 1 page]
• Healthcare providers
  • Foodborne Illness Primer (for health care providers)
  • CDC Expert Commentaries on Medscape

CDC Environmental Health Services

• Certification of Food Safety Kitchen Managers
• Food Safety Projects
• Using Employee Health and Personal Hygiene Measures

CDC Grand Rounds

• Foodborne Diseases: Better Prevention with Better Public Health Information

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