Foodborne Diseases

FoodNet Collects Active Surveillance Data on Pathogens

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 14th, 1997

Food-handling practices, as well as variations in healthcare practices and when care is sought, may partly account for regional differences in the types and incidence of pathogens found in food products.

According to data collected by FoodNet (Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network), a program maintained by the CDC's Emerging Infections Program since 1996, foodborne infections vary by region of the U.S. and by season ("FoodNet Captures Data on Foodborne Diseases." NCID Focus. May-June, 1997:4).

For example, isolation of Campylobacter spp. "varied from 14 per 100,000 population in Georgia to 58 in California," the CDC report said. ...

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