Multistate foodborne disease outbreaks on the rise
The outbreaks recorded from 2010 to 2014 were responsible for 11 percent of all foodborne outbreak illnesses, 34 percent of hospitalizations and 56 percent of deaths.
Multistate foodborne disease outbreaks are on the rise in the US, sickening thousands each year and sparking a call for better collaboration between the food industry and federal and state governments.
In the first five years of this decade, 120 multistate outbreaks were reported, an average of two dozen a year—a significant increase from 11 a year reported from 1995 to 2009, according to the CDC.