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CDC’s six Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence (Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee) are making headway as resources for responders of foodborne illness and outbreaks by focusing efforts on six main activity areas:

Strengthen surveillance and outbreak investigations.
Analyze timeliness and effectiveness of responses.
Train public health staff in proven investigative techniques.
Educate future food safety workforce.
Improve capacity of information systems.
Evaluate and communicate best practices.

Learn what the Centers are doing in each of the activity areas to build capacity for foodborne disease surveillance and outbreak investigations.

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The Colorado Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence Environmental Assessment QuickTrain is designed for public health professionals as an introduction or refresher on conducting environmental assessments during an outbreak investigation.
Colorado Director gives Outbreak Containment Presentation[PDF - 16 pages]
Alicia Cronquist, Director of the Colorado Food Safety Center of Excellence, presents on Outbreak Containment and Emergency Response at USDA’s 90th Annual Outlook Forum. (Colorado )
New Webinars and Videos
Florida Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence develops and posts training webinars including a water testing kit tutorial,an informational video on Vibrio vulnificus, and four EpiInfo Epi InfoTM 7 instructional videos. (Florida )
Epi InfoTM 7 Trainings in Florida
Florida Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence trains 100 Florida Department of Health epidemiology and environmental health staff to use Epi InfoTM 7 during in-person single day trainings. (Florida )
The first video of the Florida Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence’s Foodborne Illness Introductory Training Series provides a brief historical context and is designed for novice outbreak investigators to learn about the health and financial burden of foodborne illness.
The Minnesota Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence has developed guidance materials to help other health departments set up student teams, investigate sub-clusters, and create a foodborne complaint system. Check out Minnesota's Key Points Series for a step-by-step look at the MN system.
Oregon Public Health Epidemiologist’s User System (Orpheus) Training
Oregon Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence pilots new training exercises with epidemiologists from Oregon’s local health departments. (Oregon )
The Tennessee Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence has launched the first part of a two-part training course. Foodborne Outbreak Investigation and Response Team Roles and Responsibilities is an introductory level, self-paced, on-line web course designed to train users to rapidly identify, investigate and implement control measures for a foodborne disease outbreak.

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Page last reviewed: October 14, 2015
Page last updated: June 26, 2015
Content source:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)

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