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CDC confirms cuts to program that tracks foodborne pathogens  Food Safety News CDC cuts back foodborne illness surveillance program  CIDRAP The CDC Is Scaling Back a Major Food Safety Program—What It Means for You  health.com CDC dramatically scales back program that tracks food poisoning infections  AP News Tough to swallow: The Trump administration’s approach to food safety gets even worse  MSNBC News Source link

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has scaled back a federal-state surveillance program for foodborne pathogens. As of July 1, the CDC’s Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), which works with the Food and Drug Administration, the US Department of Agriculture, and 10 state health departments to track infections commonly transmitted through food, has reduced required surveillance to …

A federal-state partnership that monitors for foodborne illnesses quietly scaled back its operations nearly two months ago. As of July 1, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) program has reduced surveillance to just two pathogens: salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), a spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told NBC News. Before July, the program …