During a multistate foodborne disease outbreak, CDC serves as lead coordinator between public health partners to detect the outbreak, define its size and extent, and to identify the source.
Public health officials investigate outbreaks to control them, so more people do not get sick in the outbreak, and to learn how to prevent similar outbreaks from happening in the future.
List of Selected Multistate Foodborne Outbreak Investigations
Recent Outbreak Investigations
- Maradol Papayas – Salmonella Urbana
- Maradol Papayas – Salmonella Newport and Salmonella Infantis
- Maradol Papayas – Salmonella Anatum
- Maradol Papayas – Salmonella Infections
- Vulto Creamery Soft Raw Milk Cheese – Listeria monocytogenes
- I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butter – E. coli O157:H7
- Shell Eggs – Salmonella Oranienburg
- Pet Turtles – Salmonella Agbeni
- Live Poultry – Salmonella Infections
- Dairy Bull Calves – Salmonella Heidelberg
- Small Turtles – Salmonella Sandiego and Salmonella Poona
- Pet Crested Geckos – Salmonella Muenchen
- Frozen Feeder Rodents – Salmonella Typhimurium
Report a Foodborne Illness
Steps to Investigate Outbreaks
InFORM Conference
November 6-9, 2017
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- Page last updated: September 14, 2017
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