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Outbreak Investigation

FDA Investigating Salmonella Outbreak Involving Cucumbers

August 15, 2024

Bedner Growers, Inc., of Boynton Beach, Fla., and Thomas Produce Company, of Boca Raton, Fla., are the likely sources of this outbreak, however these growers do not account for all the illnesses in the outbreak.

Outbreak Investigation

CDC: Listeria Outbreak Connected to Meat Sliced at Delis

July 22, 2024

The agency says people sickened by listeria have recently recounted eating meat that was sliced at deli counters, including ham, turkey and liverwurst.

Fish and vegetables being roasted on the grill

CDC Updates

CDC Updates BEAM Dashboard, Announces New Training Video and Gives Grilling Safety Tips

May 3, 2023

The updates include increased salmonella coverage, a foodborne outbreak video and ways to stay safe this grilling season.

Romaine Lettuce

FDA links farm to romaine lettuce E.Coli outbreak

Most of the illnesses in this outbreak are not linked to romaine lettuce from this farm though

Crystal Lindell

April 29, 2018

FDA has not determined where in the supply chain the contamination occurred, and it is not the cause of the whole E.coli outbreak.

Salmonella outbreak tied to alfalfa sprouts

August 17, 2016

The CDC, in conjunction with several state health agencies and FDA, is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Reading and Salmonella Abony infections.

Foodborne Illness

IBM STUDY: Grocery scanner data can speed foodborne illness outbreak investigations

Study shows that Big Data and analytics can help identify potential sources of contamination.

Crystal Lindell

August 16, 2016

IBM Research – Almaden has found that analyzing retail-scanner data from grocery stores against maps of confirmed cases of foodborne illness can speed early investigations.

CDC publication focuses on protecting employee health

Jeremy Gerrard

March 17, 2016

The CDC Foundation’s latest Business Pulse focuses on five ways the CDC protects the health American businesses.

TECH FLASH

CDC launches improved outbreak search tool

New maps, interactive features and a search function provide two decades of data.

Jeremy Gerrard

October 27, 2015

Originally launched in 2009, the updated tool includes national data from all outbreaks reported to CDC from 1998 through 2014.

CDC releases combined summary of notifiable infectious, noninfectious diseases

October 23, 2015

Starting with the Oct. 23 2015 Supplements to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC announced it will publish the summaries of all notifiable conditions – infectious and noninfectious – at the same time.

CDC: US schools are making healthier meals

August 31, 2015

Many schools in the U.S. are implementing healthy practices to help meet federal school meal standards by offering whole grains, more fruits and vegetables, and reducing sodium content, according to data published in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.