As Ongoing Outbreaks Make Headlines, CDC Trumpets Antibiotic Resistance Data
One week after its initial release of data from 2012 showing that antibiotic resistance in foodborne pathogens is an ongoing public health threat, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on July 10 issued a "Special Edition" newsletter promoting its report and touting what federal agencies are doing to improve food safety.
Entitled "Antibiotic Resistance in Foodborne Germs," the newsletter is geared to a broad audience that includes the general public. The newsletter both summarizes and links to the report by CDC’s National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) study on which FSM reported last week. It also provides links to information on foodborne illness outbreaks that CDC is tracking (Salmonella in several brands of chia seed-based food products and Salmonella Heidelberg in Foster Farms chicken products), and outlines what various government agencies are doing to combat antibiotic resistance.