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Current foodborne outbreak investigations and selected outbreak notices.
Sept. 30, 2025
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Learn how foodborne outbreaks happen at any point in the food production chain.
July 30, 2025
If You Think You Have Food Poisoning
Help solve outbreaks by reporting your illness to your local health department.
Nov. 25, 2025
Access tools for investigating foodborne outbreaks.
A series of events must happen before a foodborne outbreak can be reported.
Different agencies play different roles in foodborne outbreak investigations.
Annual Summary: Enteric Outbreaks
Summary of possible multistate enteric disease outbreaks
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