The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its long-awaited 2008 surveillance for foodborne disease outbreak data. Public health officials from 47 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico reported 1,034 outbreaks in total.
The U.S. has achieved its 2010 health objective for E. coli O157:H7 cases in people for the second year, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) FoodNet surveillance data, reports the American Meat Institute.
A government working group consisting of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released for public comment a set of proposed voluntary principles that the agencies urge be used by industry as a guide for marketing food to children and adolescents.
