Environmental health (EH) professionals are essential to foodborne illness outbreak
investigations, although many do not receive formal training in this area. We present a …

Food-related illnesses affect tens of millions of people and kill thousands in the US each
year. They also cause billions of dollars in health care–related and industry costs annually …

Objective: Food safety progress depends on the ability of public health agencies to detect
and investigate foodborne disease outbreaks. The Integrated Food Safety Centers of …

Environmental health specialists often perform environmental assessments (EAs) when a
suspected or confirmed foodborne illness outbreak is linked to a food establishment …

A foodborne illness outbreak is a serious public health concern that warrants prompt and
immediate attention by the local health department (LHD). Although most outbreaks may be …

To collect qualitative data on the investigation practices of environmental health specialists
with respect to foodborne illness outbreaks, the authors convened six focus groups of …

Foodborne outbreak investigations often provide data for public health officials to determine
how the environment contributed to the outbreak and on how to prevent future outbreaks …

Objective: Targeted resources were provided to state and local health departments to
improve completeness and timeliness of laboratory, epidemiology, and environmental …

This report is a presentation of the findings from the State of Oregon EHS-Net Project
Communication Assessment that was conducted in six Oregon Counties. The purpose of this …

Abstract In 2002, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) conducted its
first national food safety epidemiology capacity assessment, which provided the basis for …