IFSAC Releases 2018 Annual Report on the Sources of Foodborne Illness
In an ongoing effort to understand sources of foodborne illness in the United States, the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) collects and analyzes foodborne-illness outbreak data for four pathogens—Salmonella, Escherichiacoli O157, Listeria monocytogenes, and Campylobacter—and specific foods and food categories that are responsible for foodborne illnesses in the United States. The data are analyzed by calendar year and released in an annual report. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that, together, these four pathogens cause nearly two million cases of foodborne illnesses in the U.S. each year.