Select CDC food safety publications
Key CDC publications during July-August include:
Botulism
This is a report on botulism associated with home-fermented tofu in two Chinese immigrants in 2012.
Botulism Associated with Home-Fermented Tofu in Two Chinese Immigrants — New York City, March–April 2012.
Foodborne Disease Outbreaks
This report summarizes data associated with the 13,405 foodborne disease outbreaks reported to CDC from 1998-2008.
Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks — United States, 1998–2008.
Food safety
This article, part of an issue on food defense in the US, highlights CDC’s role in connecting human illness to food contamination and the importance of science and communications in targeting food safety.
Listeria – When Food Bites Back.
The CIFOR guidelines for owners, operators, and managers of restaurants and grocery stores were developed to help businesses prepare for the possibility of foodborne illness and outbreaks related to their operation.
CIFOR Foodborne Illness Response Guidelines for Owners, Operators And Managers Of Food Establishments.
Gastroenteritis
This article includes data from the first two years of National Outbreak Reporting System surveillance, which highlight the predominant role of norovirus in acute gastroenteritis outbreaks.
Acute Gastroenteritis Surveillance through the National Outbreak Reporting System, United States.
Salmonella
This paper examines the diversity and predominance of food commodities implicated in outbreaks of salmonellosis during 1998–2008.
Outbreak-associated Salmonella enterica Serotypes and Food Commodities, United States, 1998–2008.
This report summarizes the multistate investigation of Salmonella Heidelberg infections linked to chicken.
Outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg Infections Linked to a Single Poultry Producer – 13 States, 2012-2013.
Vibrio
An analysis of data strongly suggests that the 2003 regulation of the sale of raw oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico led to a significant reduction in reported raw oyster–associated
V. vulnificus illnesses and deaths.
Effects of 2003 State Regulation on Raw Oyster–associated Vibrio vulnificus Illnesses and Deaths, California, USA.
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