During a multistate foodborne disease outbreak, CDC serves as lead coordinator between public health partners to detect the outbreak, define its size and extent, and to identify the source.
Public health officials investigate outbreaks to control them, so more people do not get sick in the outbreak, and to learn how to prevent similar outbreaks from happening in the future.
List of Selected Multistate Foodborne Outbreak Investigations
Recent Outbreak Investigations
- Shell Eggs – Salmonella Oranienburg
- Beef Products – E. coli O157:H7
- Alfalfa Sprouts – Salmonella Reading and Salmonella Abony
- Flour– E. coli O121
- Frozen Vegetables – Listeria monocytogenes
- Dairy Bull Calves - Salmonella Heidelberg
- Live Poultry – Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Muenster, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Indiana, Salmonella Mbandaka, Salmonella Infantis, and Salmonella Braenderup
- Small Turtles - Salmonella Sandiego and Salmonella Poona
- Pet Crested Geckos – Salmonella Muenchen
- Frozen Feeder Rodents – Salmonella Typhimurium
How to Report a Foodborne Illness
Steps to Investigate Outbreaks
InFORM Conference
November 17-20, 2015
Phoenix, AZ
Brings together laboratorians, epidemiologists, and environmental health specialists involved with outbreak response.
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- Page last updated: November 28, 2016
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