scholarly journals FoodChain-lab: Tracing Software Supporting Foodborne Disease Outbreak Investigations

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 101-104
Author(s):  
Armin A. Weiser ◽  
Christian Thoens ◽  
Alexander Falenski ◽  
Bernd Appel ◽  
Matthias Filter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Foodborne Disease ◽  
Outbreak Investigations

scholarly journals Foods implicated in U.S. outbreaks differ from the types most commonly consumed

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
LaTonia C Richardson ◽  
Dana Cole ◽  
R Michael Hoekstra ◽  
Anangu Rajasingham ◽  
Shacara D Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Lower Risk ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Foodborne Disease ◽  
Outbreak Investigations ◽  
Chicken Eggs ◽  
The U.S

Foodborne disease outbreak investigations identify foods responsible for illnesses. However, it is not known the degree to which foods implicated in outbreaks reflect the distribution of food consumption in the U.S. population or the risk associated with their consumption. To examine this, we compared the distribution of foods in 24 categories implicated in outbreaks to the distribution of foods consumed by the U.S. population. Beef, chicken, eggs, fish, herbs, mollusks, pork, sprouts, seeded vegetables, and turkey were implicated in outbreaks significantly more often than expected based on the frequency of their consumption in the general population, suggesting a higher risk of contamination or mishandling from foods in these categories than in others. In contrast, pasteurized dairy, fruits, grains-beans, oils and sugars, and root/underground vegetables were less frequently implicated in outbreaks than they were consumed in the general population, suggesting a lower risk for these food categories.

scholarly journals Characteristics of Foodborne Disease Outbreak Investigations Conducted by Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) Sites, 2003–2008

2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (suppl_5) ◽  
pp. S498-S503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rendi Murphree ◽  
Katie Garman ◽  
Quyen Phan ◽  
Karen Everstine ◽  
L. Hannah Gould ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Active Surveillance ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Foodborne Diseases ◽  
Foodborne Disease ◽  
Surveillance Network ◽  
Outbreak Investigations

scholarly journals A foodborne disease outbreak in man due to fish consumption possibly containing phycotoxins in Bombay, India

1988 ◽  
Vol 1988 (28) ◽  
pp. 37-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.V. BHAT ◽  
S. GAUTAMI ◽  
R. B. SASHIDAR ◽  
A. G. LAKHANI
Keyword(s):  
Fish Consumption ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Foodborne Disease

scholarly journals Incubation periods of enteric illnesses in foodborne outbreaks, United States, 1998–2013

2019 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Chai ◽  
W. Gu ◽  
K. A. O'Connor ◽  
L. C. Richardson ◽  
R. V. Tauxe
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Incubation Period ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Outbreak Investigation ◽  
Foodborne Disease ◽  
Case Definitions ◽  
Viral Pathogens ◽  
Incubation Periods ◽  
Foodborne Outbreaks

Abstract Early in a foodborne disease outbreak investigation, illness incubation periods can help focus case interviews, case definitions, clinical and environmental evaluations and predict an aetiology. Data describing incubation periods are limited. We examined foodborne disease outbreaks from laboratory-confirmed, single aetiology, enteric bacterial and viral pathogens reported to United States foodborne disease outbreak surveillance from 1998–2013. We grouped pathogens by clinical presentation and analysed the reported median incubation period among all illnesses from the implicated pathogen for each outbreak as the outbreak incubation period. Outbreaks from preformed bacterial toxins (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus and Clostridium perfringens) had the shortest outbreak incubation periods (4–10 h medians), distinct from that of Vibrio parahaemolyticus (17 h median). Norovirus, salmonella and shigella had longer but similar outbreak incubation periods (32–45 h medians); campylobacter and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli had the longest among bacteria (62–87 h medians); hepatitis A had the longest overall (672 h median). Our results can help guide diagnostic and investigative strategies early in an outbreak investigation to suggest or rule out specific etiologies or, when the pathogen is known, the likely timeframe for exposure. They also point to possible differences in pathogenesis among pathogens causing broadly similar syndromes.

The Minnesota Program for Prevention of Foodborne Illness: An Evaluation

1978 ◽  
Vol 41 (7) ◽  
pp. 556-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS L. HEENAN ◽  
OSCAR P. SNYDER
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Foodborne Illness ◽  
Quality Assurance Program ◽  
Foodborne Disease ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Illness Prevention ◽  
Program Requirement

The Minnesota Quality Assurance Program for the Prevention of Foodborne Illness is a voluntarily attended, statewide education program to train foodservice owners. operators and managers in the methods of foodborne illness prevention. The education is conducted in 1-day seminars by trained sanitarians and foodservice personnel. It prepares the student to write a Quality Assurance (QA) program for his/her establishment to assure that there is no possibility of a foodborne disease outbreak. Certification is based on the approval of the Quality Assurance program. An evaluation after 9 months of operation indicates that most instructors performed adequately. Course content, including microbiological training, was well received. The QA written program requirement was supported by both instructors and students. Students strongly supported a recommendation that the QA document he mandatory for all foodservices and used as the basis for regulatory inspections.

scholarly journals Population-based food consumption survey as an additional tool for foodborne outbreak investigations, Germany, 2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. M. Rosner ◽  
A. Meinen ◽  
P. Schmich ◽  
M.-L. Zeisler ◽  
K. Stark
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Foodborne Disease ◽  
Case Control Studies ◽  
Additional Tool ◽  
Food Items ◽  
Food Consumption Survey ◽  
Outbreak Investigations ◽  
Consumption Survey

Abstract We conducted a food consumption survey in the general adult population of 18 years and older in Germany to obtain data on the frequency of consumption of food items that caused foodborne disease outbreaks in the past. A total of 1010 telephone interviews were completed that queried the consumption of 95 food items in the 7-day period before the interview. Survey results were weighted to be representative. Six exemplary ‘high risk’ food items were consumed by 6% to 16% of the general population. These were raw ground pork: 6.5%; ‘Teewurst’ (=spreadable sausage-containing raw pork): 15.7%; unpasteurised milk consumed without prior heating: 9.0%; food items prepared with raw eggs: 9.8%; unheated sprouts or seedlings: 8.8% and frozen berries consumed without prior heating: 6.2%. Data from our food consumption survey were comparable to data obtained from control persons in case-control studies conducted during past foodborne disease outbreak investigations. We consider our survey an additional helpful tool that will allow comparison with food consumption data from case-patients obtained in exploratory, hypothesis-generating interviews early on in outbreak investigations, and which may assist in forming hypotheses regarding associations of illnesses with suspected food vehicles. This may facilitate and accelerate investigations of future foodborne disease outbreaks.

Summary of 11 Years of Enteric Outbreak Investigations and Criteria To Initiate an Investigation, Province of Quebec, 2002 through 2012

2014 ◽  
Vol 77 (9) ◽  
pp. 1563-1570 ◽  
Author(s):  
COLETTE GAULIN ◽  
ANDREA CURRIE ◽  
GENEVIÈVE GRAVEL ◽  
MEGHAN HAMEL ◽  
MARIE-ANDREE LEBLANC ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Control Measure ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Primary Control ◽  
Enteric Disease ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Outbreak Investigations

This article presents a retrospective analysis of enteric disease outbreak investigations led by or conducted in collaboration with provincial health authorities in the Province of Quebec from 2002 through 2012. Objectives were to characterize enteric disease outbreaks, quantify and describe those for which a source was identified (including the control measures implemented), identify factors that contributed to or impeded identification of the source, and recommend areas for improvement in outbreak investigations (including establishment of criteria to initiate investigations). A descriptive analysis of enteric disease outbreak summaries recorded in a provincial database since 2002 was conducted, and corresponding outbreak reports were reviewed. Among 61 enteric disease outbreaks investigated, primary pathogens involved were Salmonella (46%), Escherichia coli O157:H7 (25%), and Listeria monocytogenes (13%). Sources were identified for 37 (61%) of 61 of the outbreaks, and descriptive studies were sufficient to identify the source for 26 (70%) of these. During the descriptive phase of the investigation, the causes of 21 (81%) of 26 outbreaks were identified by promptly collecting samples of suspected foods based on case interviews. Causes of outbreaks were more likely to be detected by weekly surveillance or alert systems (odds ratio = 6.0, P = 0.04) than by serotyping or molecular typing surveillance and were more likely to be associated with a common event or location (odds ratio = 11.0, P = 0.023). Among the 37 outbreaks for which causes were identified, 24 (65%) were associated with contaminated food, and recalls were the primary control measure implemented (54%). Review of enteric outbreaks investigated at the provincial level in Québec has increased the province's ability to quantify success and identify factors that can promote success. Multiple criteria should be taken into account to identify case clusters that are more likely to be resolved.

scholarly journals Foodborne Disease outbreak associated with eating Gaajar Halwa at a Wedding – Palghar District, Maharashtra, India, 2018

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Vaishali Vardhan ◽  
Tanzin Dikid ◽  
Rajesh Yadav ◽  
Ramakant Patil ◽  
Pradip Awate ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Foodborne Disease
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