FSMA Surveillance Working Group Annual Reports and Meeting Topics, FY 2012 to 2018

Main topics:

• Potential Use of Foodborne Illness Surveillance Data to Evaluate FSMA
• 2018 Forum on Culture-Independent Diagnostics

Supplementary topic:

• CDC Updates

Main topics:

• Culture-Independent Diagnostic Tests and Their Potential Influence on Foodborne Illness Detection and Outbreak Surveillance and Response
• Genomic Testing (e.g., WGS) and Its Potential Effects on Foodborne Outbreak Investigations and Response

Supplementary topics:

• National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) Overview and Trends
• Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration Updates
• Case-Case Analyses Using Existing Surveillance Data
• Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) Program and Recent Trends in Rates of Enteric Illness

Main topics:

• Industry Role in Enhancing Surveillance
• Review of Proposed Plans of the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration
• Traceback Surveillance
• Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence
• Plans for Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance Funding

Supplementary topics:

• Multistate Outbreak Summary
• Shigella Update
• Website Updates (NARMS: Now, FOOD Tool, general)
• PulseNet Cost-Benefit Paper

Main topics:

• Governmental Coordination, Integration, and Collaboration
• Environmental Factor Surveillance for Foodborne Illnesses

Supplementary topics:

• Cyclosporiasis Surveillance
• Vibrio Surveillance

Main topics:

• Foodborne Illness and Outbreaks Caused by Norovirus
• Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance for Foodborne Illness

Supplementary topics:

• Whole Genome Sequencing Listeria Surveillance Project
• Cyclosporiasis

Main topics:

• Culture-Independent Diagnostic Tests
• Performance Measures to Enhance Federal, State, and Local Foodborne Illness Surveillance

Supplementary topics:

• CoE Congressional Report
• Attribution of Foodborne Illnesses, Hospitalizations, and Deaths to Food Commodities
• Vital Signs and Recent Communication Updates

Main topics:

• Selection Criteria for Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence
• Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration
• Improving Foodborne Illness Surveillance Systems: Focus Areas for Future Discussion

Supplementary topics:

• Overview of the Human Illness Surveillance Requirements of FSMA – CDC
• Summary of Nov 3–4, 2011 Pew Food Safety Forum’s Surveillance Workshop
• Overview of Foodborne Illness Surveillance Systems and Challenges – CDC
• Overview of Multistate Foodborne Outbreak Investigations and Challenges
• Economic Analyses on FoodNet and PulseNet – CDC
• Website Improvements to Make Data More Accessible to the Public
• Improved Outbreak Reporting Mechanisms: PulseNet Portal and Palantir – CDC