65. Investigation of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta M. Hammond ◽  
David Melka ◽  
Bradley Tompkins
Keyword(s):  
Foodborne Illness ◽  
Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

PP203-MON: Foodborne Illness Outbreaks in Mali

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. S204
Author(s):  
H. Hami ◽  
T. Diallo ◽  
A. Maïga ◽  
A. Mokhtari ◽  
R. Soulaymani-Bencheikh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foodborne Illness ◽  
Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

Foodborne Illness Outbreaks in Korea and Japan Studied Retrospectively

2001 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 899-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
WON-CHANG LEE ◽  
MYEONG-JIN LEE ◽  
JIN-SUK KIM ◽  
SOON-YOUNG PARK
Keyword(s):  
Case Fatality Rate ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Foodborne Illness ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Fatality Rate ◽  
Salmonella Spp ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
Food Borne Illness ◽  
Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

The average prevalence of reported foodborne illness from 1981 to 1995 was 2.44 per 100,000 population in Korea, and 28.01 in Japan. The mean case fatality rate in Korea was 0.74% and in Japan, 0.03%. When both prevalence and case fatality rates in Korea and Japan were compared during the same period, the prevalence in Japan was much higher than that in Korea. However, the case fatality rate of patients in Korea was much higher than that in Japan. The distribution of monthly and seasonal patterns of foodborne illness outbreaks strongly indicate the outbreaks may be associated with climatic conditions, frequencies of national holidays, and vacation seasons. Comparison study indicates that the foodborne illness outbreaks in Korea most frequently involved homemade foods (47% of the total cases); in Japan, restaurants accounted for 31.3%. Food-borne illness cases of bacterial origin in Korea were 59.3% of the total and included Salmonella spp. (20.7%), Vibrio (17.4%), Staphylococcus (9.7%), pathogenic Escherichia coli (2.4%), and other species (9.1%); in Japan, 72.8% of the total cases and the majority of the bacterial foodborne illness was caused by Vibrio (32.3%), Staphylococcus (15.9%), Salmonella (14.2%), pathogenic E. coli (3.0%), and other species (7.2%). In conclusion, the outbreaks of foodborne illness in Korea and Japan may be mainly caused by improper food handling, and their occurrences may be differentiated according to food sources.

Initial reports of foodborne illness drive more public attention than food recall announcements

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinho Jung ◽  
Courtney Bir ◽  
Nicole Olynk Widmar ◽  
Peter Sayal
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Foodborne Illness ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Social Media Analytics ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Space ◽  
Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

Recall announcements by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Food Safety Inspection and Service (FSIS) are important communication tools. Nonetheless, previous studies found that effects of recalls on consumer demand are small. Social media analytics can provide insights into public awareness about food safety related incidents. Using the social listening data this study analyzes how the public, in social and online media space, responds to, interacts with, and references food safety recalls and/or initial announcements of foodborne illness outbreaks as reported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Analysis suggests that mentions quantified in the social and online media searches conducted moved closer in-step with the CDC's initial reports of foodborne illness outbreaks than FDA and FSIS recall announcements. Issuance of recalls may not necessarily be a popular source of food risk information in social media space when compared with reactions to the CDC's initial illness reports. This relative popularity reflects people more often sharing/posting about illness risk regardless of whether a recall occurs. This suggests that recall announcements by FDA and FSIS may not induce wanted changes in consumers' behavior, while initial illness reports by CDC may. Although recalls by FDA and FSIS may not generate social media posts, their primary role is to take potentially unsafe food items off grocery shelves. Online media analytics provides policy makers with implications for effective food risk communication planning; initial CDC reports drive immediate attention more than FDA and FSIS recalls.

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