Collaborative Food Safety Forum 

• Ian Williams, CDC, Epidemiologic Approaches to Investigating Multistate Outbreaks in the United States
• Patricia C. Griffin, CDC, The Rise and Fall and Rise of Salmonella Serotype Enteritidis (SE) Infections
• Patricia M. Griffin, CDC, Listeria: Surveillance and Public Health Response

• John Besser, CDC, Culture-Independent Diagnostic Testing: Implications for Public Health

Background Reading

• FSMA Section 205

• About CDC
• Food Safety at CDC
• Multistate Foodborne Outbreaks: CDC’s Role
• Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR)
• Foodborne Illness Q&A
• Multistate Foodborne Outbreaks
• How are foodborne outbreaks investigated?
• Fact Sheets: Food Safety
• Key Programs

 

Supporting Materials for CDC Presentations

Current Human Illness Surveillance Systems

Patricia Griffin, Chief, Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch

• Estimates of Foodborne Illness in the U.S.
• Foodborne Illness Surveillance Systems
• Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance
• Trends in Foodborne Illness
• CDC Vital Signs: Making Food Safer to Eat 

• CDC and the Food Safety Modernization Act

 

Assessment of Existing Surveillance Systems and Implementation of FSMA with Discussion of Case Examples

Ian Williams, Chief, Outbreak Response and Prevention Branch

Patricia Griffin, Chief Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch

Case Example 1: Salmonella Examples  

• Salmonella
• Peanut Butter - Salmonella Typhimurium, 2008 – 2009
• Shell Eggs - Salmonella Enteritidis, 2010
• Ground Turkey - Salmonella Heidelberg
• MMWR Reports on Foodborne Illness
• Timeline of Infections: Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Associated with Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter-Containing Products - United States, 2008-2009
• Salmontella Typhimurium Infections Associated with Peanut Projects (NEJM 2011)
• Timeline: National Outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis Infections Associated with Shell Eggs, United States, 2010
• Investigation Update: Multistate Outbreaks of Human Salmonella Interitidis Infections Associated with Shell Eggs
• Timeline of Events: Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg Infections Associated with Ground Turkey - United States, 2011
• Investigation Update: Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Heidelberg Infections Linked to Ground Turket (September 2011)

Case Example 2: Listeria Examples

• Listeriosis (Listeria infection)
• Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Associated with Jensen Farms Cantaloupe — United States, August–September 2011
• Timeline of Events: Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Whole Cantaloupes from Jensen Farms in Colorado - United States, 2011

Challenges, Opportunities and Trends Associated with Surveillance Systems

Use of non-culture diagnostics and other technological advancements

John Besser, Deputy Chief, Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch

• PulseNet
• Understanding Non-Culture Assays for Foodborne Pathogens (APHL)
• Culture Assays: Protecting Us From the Next Foodborne Outbreak
• Surveillance of the Food Supply (177-194)