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Objective 1 - Improve routine surveillance and epidemiology of foodborne illnesses to determine disease burden, track trends, detect outbreaks and attribute illness to specific foods: |
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Goal 1: Enhance speed and efficiency of reporting foodborne illnesses. |
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Goal 2: Timely transfer of technology to local, state, and federal partners to improve routine surveillance. |
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Goal 3: Enhance linkage of epidemiologic case reports with laboratory subtype information. |
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Goal 4: Develop or pursue population-based methods to assess the burden of foodborne disease morbidity or mortality. |
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Goal 5: Determine the proportion of foodborne illnesses attributable to specific foods. |
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Objective 2 - Improve foodborne outbreak detection and response at the local, state and national levels: |
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Goal 1: Decrease delay(s) in detection/recognition and reporting of outbreaks (earlier detection). |
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Goal 2: Increase the percentage of recognized outbreaks reported to health authorities. |
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Goal 3: Improve identification of agent(s) and vehicle(s) causing outbreaks. |
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Goal 4: Identify new and infrequently detected etiologies of foodborne outbreaks. |
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Goal 5: Develop and support state and local health department workforce (e.g., standardize guidelines; provide training and technical assistance, job aids, etc.). |
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Goal 6: Assess utility of novel or enhanced surveillance strategies to improve outbreak detection and investigation. |
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Goal 7: Contribute scientific information to food regulatory agencies to improve the safety of food by improving farm-to-table processes. |
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Objective 3 - Improve laboratory methods for foodborne pathogens: |
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Goal 1: Develop rapid, easier to use, and more cost effective diagnostic methods. |
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Goal 2: Develop, evaluate and validate more sensitive and informative molecular methods for subtyping to support surveillance and outbreak investigations. |
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Goal 3: Timely transfer of lab technology to local, state and federal partners. |
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Goal 4: Identify/characterize existing and new foodborne pathogens. |
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Goal 5: Support state and local health department lab reference activities. |
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Objective 4 – Enhance prevention effectiveness through Improved Communications, Training and Education: |
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Goal 1: Provide timely and useful summaries of surveillance and outbreak information to partners and to public, including summaries that track effectiveness of specific disease control programs. |
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Goal 2: Disseminate foodborne illness prevention information to the general public, public health professionals and other relevant audiences. |
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Goal 3: Enhance electronic information sharing of surveillance, outbreak, recall, and other data between partners. |
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Goal 4: Liaison activities, site visits and presentations to build collaborative/partner relations and avoid duplication of efforts. |
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Objective 5* - Improve International Collaboration on Surveillance, Communications, Training and Education: |
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Goal 1: Improve routine surveillance of foodborne illness globally. |
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Goal 2: Improve international outbreak detection and response. |
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Goal 3: Develop and enhance international communication, training and education programs. |
*Food safety funding not available to support objective 5, global strategies. However; global objectives, goals, and action plans need to be part of our strategy so we can seek/capitalize on future funding opportunities. See goals in objectives 1, 2, and 4 above for ideas for developing global food safety action plans.