Dive Summary:
- The CDC has just released a report showing that foodborne illness rose quite drastically in 2012.
- From the nine pathogens they followed, there were 19,531 illnesses, 4,563 hospitalizations and 68 deaths.
- Several of the pathogens saw a 14%-43% rise in their rates of infection since 2008,l a telling sign of troubling times in the food safety industry.
From the article:
The data are part of the CDC’s Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) report. FoodNet is a collaborative program among CDC, 10 state health departments, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service, and the Food and Drug Administration, that tracks laboratory-confirmed cases of infection caused by Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Listeria, Salmonella, STEC O157 and non-O157, Sigella, Vibrio and Yersinia.
