PHE 510 Module 9Module 9: JournalSouthern New Hampshire UniversityPHE 510Since the early 1960s, foodborne outbreaks have been reported voluntarily to CDC by state, local, and territorial health departments using a traditional, paper form; In 2009, FDOSS reporting was made through a web-based platfo...
Since the early 1960s, foodborne outbreaks have been reported voluntarily to CDC by state,
local, and territorial health departments using a traditional, paper form; In 2009, FDOSS
reporting was made through a web-based platform, the National Outbreak Reporting System
(Dewey-Mattie et al., 2018). Known foodborne pathogens are estimated to cause
approximately 9.4 million illnesses each year in the United States; only a small subset are
associated with outbreaks (Dewey-Mattie et al., 2018). Approximately 800 foodborne
pathogen outbreaks are reported in the United States annually and account for approximately
15,000 illnesses, 800 hospitalizations, and 20 deaths (Dewey-Mattie et al., 2018). However,
the sources and exposure settings for food borne illnesses independent of an outbreak cannot
always be determined (Dewey-Mattie et al., 2018). Outbreak investigations have the capacity
to link etiologies with the food source, providing public health officials, regulatory agencies,
and the food industry the opportunity to pinpoint the pathogens origins (Dewey-Mattie et al.,
2018). The Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System (FDOSS) utilizes state and
local health departments to gather data regarding food-borne disease outbreaks; incidents in
which two or more persons contract the same illness, from the same contaminated food or
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