Public Health Response to Multistate Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak Associated with Prepackaged Chicken Salad, United States, 2018.

Quantifying the effect of public health actions on population health is essential when justifying sustained public health investment. Using modeling, we conservatively estimated that rapid response to a multistate foodborne outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium in the United States in 2018 potentially averted 94 reported cases and $633,181 in medical costs and productivity losses.

Occurrence and Adherence to Recommendations: Small and Large Retail Delicatessens in Iowa.

The goal of this research was to determine the prevalence of in Iowa retail delicatessens and assess environmental aspects that mitigate . Fifty-seven small and large retail delicatessens in Iowa were selected randomly. More small operations ( = 43) were included as compared with larger stores, given the higher frequency of violations.

Reporting of foodborne illness by U.S. consumers and healthcare professionals.

During 2009-2010, a total of 1,527 foodborne disease outbreaks were reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2013). However, in a 2011 CDC report, Scallan et al. estimated about 48 million people contract a foodborne illness annually in the United States.