More often than not, nothing happens after a foodborne illness outbreak. That’s because tracing the source of an outbreak back to a specific plant can be difficult and time-consuming.

Norovirus is the leading cause of foodborne illness in the U.S., causing 58% of foodborne illnesses, according to the CDC. There are roughly 2,500 reported norovirus outbreaks and more than ...

Restaurant workers who handle food while they are ill are among the leading drivers of foodborne illness outbreaks at restaurants, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control ...

From 2017 to 2019, the report found, around 40% of foodborne illness outbreaks with known causes were at least partly associated with food contamination by a sick or infectious worker.

Tracking Pathogens. For one, the way foodborne pathogens are tracked has changed. Beginning in the mid-2010s, the use of whole genome sequencing to identify pathogens became more widespread, Sarah ...

Preliminary data from the most recent CDC FoodNet report – which documents trends in foodborne illness outbreaks – hints that some forms may be on the rise: “The overall number of ...

2018 saw the most multistate outbreaks of foodborne illness in more than a decade, CDC says April 25, 2019 Lisa Dennis selects lettuce from the vegetable shelves at the East End Food Co-op Federal ...

Foodborne illness outbreaks overlap from 2024 into 2025. By Coral Beach on January 6, 2025. As 2025 begins, the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue ...

You Might Not Even Hear About the Next Foodborne Illness Outbreak. The agency is being less transparent about foodborne illness outbreaks and planning to end routine inspections of many foods.

Foodborne Illness Outbreaks in Spotlight as Technology Improves Growing number of multistate outbreak investigations raise pressure on U.S. food companies, from farm to fork By ...

For a number of reasons, experts suspect more outbreaks are emerging and being caught before they sicken many people. Tracking Pathogens. For one, the way foodborne pathogens are tracked has changed.