CDC Updates Foodborne Disease Outbreak Database

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched
a newly interactive iteration of its Foodborne Outbreak Online
Database Tool. The resource allows users to search data by year, state,
location of food preparation, food and ingredient, and implicated germ.
The information captured in the database comes from CDC’s Foodborne
Disease Outbreak Surveillance System, which tracks data on outbreaks
caused by enteric bacterial, viral, parasitic, and chemical agents reported
by local, state and territorial health agencies. CDC estimates that one
in six Americans becomes sick annually from consuming contaminated
foods and beverages. See CDC News Release, October 20, 2015.

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