Illnesses Caused by Major Foodborne Pathogens Return to or Exceed Pre-Pandemic Levels
A new report on preliminary 2022 data from the U.S. Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) finds that enteric infections in the U.S. have generally returned to or exceeded levels observed in 2016–2018, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
FoodNet tracks the number of reported infections per 100,000 people (incidence rate) for eight pathogens. Compared to the average incidence in 2016–2018, incidence in 2022 remained the same for Campylobacter, Listeria, Salmonella, and Shigella. Incidence increased for Cyclospora, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Vibrio, and Yersinia.