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Our mission is to improve public health nationally and internationally through the prevention and control of disease, disability, and death caused by foodborne, waterborne, and environmentally transmitted infections.
Learn more about the division's key accomplishments to protect the public's health.
CDC's foodborne surveillance systems help detect and prevent disease and outbreaks.
Get communication resources for foodborne, waterborne, environmental and global health topics.
We work around the globe with ministries of health and other public health partners in nearly 40 countries.
U.S.-Based Outbreaks
Recent investigations reported on CDC.gov
In the News
- New interactive map provides state-by-state fact sheets describing CDC’s work to combat antibiotic resistance in multiple areas, including food safety.
- Get CDC information on keeping your family's food safe that you can use year-round.
- Genetic data on antibiotic resistance of Salmonella infections is available for the first time in the NARMS Human Isolates Surveillance Report.
- Global emergence of multidrug-resistant Candida auris
- The mcr-1 gene conferring colistin resistance has been discovered in U.S. E.coli samples.
CDC and Foodborne Outbreaks
- Page last reviewed: May 2, 2016
- Page last updated: January 19, 2017
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