A Recipe for STRONGER FOOD SAFETY TESTING PROGRAMS : Findings and Recommendations from the ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES Food Safety Laboratory Capacity Assessment Project

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• Corporate Authors:
  Association of Public Health Laboratories (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 76 million illnesses, 300,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year are caused by foodborne illnesses. Moreover, the agency predicts that the incidence of investigated foodborne outbreaks affecting at least ten individuals will more than double in coming years. CDC’s report of foodborne illness in the U.S. in 2002 notes that while illnesses from Campylobacter and Listeria showed a sustained decline, those caused by E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella did not, indicating that increased efforts are needed to reduce further the incidence of foodborne illnesses. The threat is twofold: researchers are identifying new foodborne pathogens and toxins (including antimicrobial resistant bacteria), and the changing nature of food production and commerce facilitates the widespread distribution of tainted food products. Since the terrorist attacks of the fall of 2001, the possibility of a deliberate attack on the food supply has become more tangible as well.
  
  The APHL Food Safety Laboratory Capacity Assessment Project was supported under Cooperative Agreement #U66/CCU303019 between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of Public Health Laboratories. APHL is especially grateful to the CDC Food Safety Office project staff, Dr. Arthur Liang, Dr. Emilio Esteban, Dr. Donald Sharp, and Mr. Richard Skibicki, for their stalwart support throughout this project. Dr. Esteban’s current position is Laboratory Director, Western Laboratory, FSIS/USDA.
  
  A_Recipe_for_Stronger_Food_Safety_Testing_Programs_2003.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Notification Disease Outbreaks Foodborne Diseases/epidemiology Food Contamination/analysis Food Inspection Food Safety Laboratries
• Document Type:
  Book
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement #U66/CCU303019 between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of Public Health Laboratories
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  63 numbered pages in various paginations
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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  urn:sha256:eac354f742319a29c90322d5566bfa5bb11f4cc72f3005def6ab5be16de96d9d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/158081/cdc_158081_DS1.pdf
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