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IFSAC Releases New Report on Foods Commonly Linked to Illness
Today, the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) released a report that helps us better understand the types of foods that contribute to foodborne illness. Each year, an estimated 9 million people get sick, 56,000 are hospitalized, and 1,300 die of foodborne diseases caused by known pathogens.
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The IFSAC report relies on multi-year surveillance outbreak data to estimate the most common food categories responsible for illnesses caused by Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157, Listeria monocytogenes, and Campylobacter in 2013. The report’s findings include:
- Salmonella illnesses came from a wide variety of foods.
- E. coli O157 illnesses were most often linked to vegetable row crops (such as leafy greens) and beef.
- Listeria monocytogenes illnesses were most often linked to fruits and dairy products.
- Non-dairy Campylobacter illnesses were most often linked to chicken.
These new estimates can help inform efforts to prioritize food safety initiatives, interventions, and policies for reducing foodborne illness. IFSAC is a collaboration of CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
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CDC Holiday Food Safety Features
Whether you are preparing a feast, making holiday cookies, or serving snacks at a party, you’ll find plenty of tips from CDC on how to keep food poisoning at bay. Start by always washing hands before preparing or serving food.
For more ways to keep food safe for your friends and family during the holidays, read CDC’s features. Please check CDC's free content syndication site for information on how to embed these features on your website.
- Food Safety Tips for the Holidays
- Say No to Raw Dough [English] [Spanish]
- Food Safety Tips for the Holiday Turkey [English] [Spanish]
- Tips to Prevent Illness from Clostridium Perfringens [English] [Spanish]
- Preparing Chitlins Safely
Download and Share Food Safety Graphics
Looking for food safety graphics to use on your website and social media posts? Look no further than the CDC Food Safety website for free graphics, in English and Spanish, you can download and share. Whether you are promoting holiday food safety or safe tailgating tips, CDC graphics have you covered.
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