The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) recently published a summary of foodborne illness outbreak investigations involving FSIS-regulated products during Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, covering October 1, 2022–September 30, 2023.
In the case of a foodborne illness outbreak, FSIS collects and evaluates epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback information to determine if there is an association between an FSIS-regulated product and human illnesses, and to inform actions that may be required to protect public health. In FY 2023, outbreak investigations did not lead to any recalls of FSIS-regulated products or public health alerts (PHAs).