FSIS Reports Temporal Changes in Foodborne Salmonella Outbreaks by Food Type
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) recently published an article in the journal Epidemiology & Infection that examines temporal changes in the proportion of Salmonella outbreaks related to 12 food categories. The study analyzed instances of salmonellosis originating from 12 food categories from 1998–2017: beef, chicken, dairy, eggs, fish and seafood, miscellaneous meats, pork, seeded vegetables, sprouts, turkey, and other vegetables.
FSIS gathered and analyzed data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Outbreak Reporting System. The dataset includes 2,712 foodborne Salmonella outbreaks, of which 863 were attributed to a single food vehicle. The total cases of salmonellosis was 72,412 and the total number of illnesses linked to an identified food vehicle was 34,082.