Foodborne Illnesses

Foodborne Illness – fact sheet on foodborne illness

Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigation – A Recipe for Departmental Inclusion [DOC - 171 KB] – guide to clearly define foodborne illness investigation protocol for each service section with a role in the investigation. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.

Frequently Asked Questions on Foodborne Disease [PDF - 140 KB] – answers to questions such as the most common foodborne diseases

Healthcare-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphyloccus Aureus (HA-MRSA) – overview and background information about HA-MRSA

Outbreak of Salmonella Serotype Saintpaul Infections Associated with Multiple Raw Produce Items --- United States, 2008; MMWR. – summary of results from seven epidemiologic studies, traceback investigations, and environmental investigations related to the multistate outbreak

Procedures, Training and Verification: A Method to Reduce the Incidence and Reoccurrence of Out of Control Food-Borne Illness Risk Factor and Food Code Intervention Violations on Inspections [DOC - 112 KB] – development of a new method that relies on food-service personnel for the control of foodborne illness risk factors rather than on regulatory inspections for control. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.

Produce Handling and Processing Practices – information about practices that may promote contamination of produce with pathogenic microorganisms

Salmonella Infection (Salmonellosis) – information about Salmonellosis

Salmonella Litchfield Outbreak Associated with a Hotel Restaurant --- Atlantic City, New Jersey, 2007 – outbreak investigation that illustrates the potential for recurring food contamination by ill and asymptomatic food handlers and underscores the utility of PulseNet to link illnesses that might appear unrelated

Spinach-associated Escherichia coli O157:H7 Outbreak, Utah and New Mexico, 2006 – summary of results from a case-control study to characterize the outbreak and a lab investigation to test spinach eaten by case-patients for contamination

Taenia infection – information about Taenia infection

Viral Hepatitis – facts about hepatitis

Links to Information from outside CDC

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Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response [PDF - 2.5 MB] (Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response) – comprehensive information for individuals and organizations involved in foodborne disease

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