Foodborne Outbreaks Archives
Have You Heard? Facts From The Field is a weekly feature from the Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support to provide CDC and the field with facts and news from state, tribal, local and territorial public health agencies. We invite you to read and share this information broadly.
October 5, 2011
- 96% of foodborne outbreaks reported by public health agencies in the Foodborne Outbreak Online Database (FOOD) occurred at the county level (2004–2008).
- Colorado investigators rapidly identified cantaloupes as the cause of a recent outbreak of Listeria infections ― the first listeriosis outbreak associated with melons.
- Local, state, and federal investigators used PulseNet data to link a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg infections this past summer to ground turkey.
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