Dive Summary:

• The CDC recently published a report examining all the major food-borne illness outbreaks in 2009-2010, uncovering certain useful trends.
• As the interest in raw milk increases, so do the instances of contamination as dairy makes up 12% of all instances (and growing).
• The top three culprits were eggs (27%), beef (13%), and poultry (12%), with norovirus the most common contaminant.

From the article:

“Public health, regulatory, and food industry professionals can use this information when creating targeted control strategies along the farm-to-table continuum for specific agents, specific foods, and specific pairs of agents and foods,” said CDC, in the report published last week in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). “This information also supports efforts to promote safe food-handling practices among food workers and the public.”