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Adrienne Goodrich-Doctor, Ph.D., is a Commander in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and serves as a Program Coordinator within CFSAN/Office of Compliance within FDA. In this role, she leads development and update of CFSAN compliance programs and field assignments, which provide instructions for the conduct of product sampling, inspections, investigations, and other activities to implement and ensure compliance with federal laws and regulations with specific focus on the Produce Safety Rule.
Recurring outbreaks of cyclosporiasis underscore the need for a comprehensive understanding of how Cyclospora cayetanensis contaminates water and produce
FDA Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation Network (CORE), in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health and regulatory partners, conduct foodborne illness outbreak investigations, including thoserelated to Cyclospora cayetanensis infections. In this article, the authors review the successes and challenges of identifying and responding to outbreaks caused by C. cayetanensis infections since 2013, the progress made, the challenges remaining, and what the future holds.