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Foodborne Illness Outbreaks in Spotlight as Technology Improves
Growing number of multistate outbreak investigations raise pressure on U.S. food companies, from farm to fork
U.S. regulators have worked to trace the sources of recent E. coli outbreaks. Gene sequencing is revealing connections among outbreaks that may once have appeared unrelated. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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By Jesse Newman
Updated Dec. 18, 2018 12:34 p.m. ET
Technological advancements are transforming how regulators respond to foodborne illnesses, helping to fuel a surge in outbreak investigations and increasing pressure on the country’s biggest food companies.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigated and issued public advice regarding 24 multistate outbreaks in 2018, more than any other year since at least 2006, according to federal data. That’s triple the number completed last year, and nearly double those from 2016.
Government officials and food industry groups say increased investigations, linked to foods ranging from romaine lettuce to ground beef and melon, don’t mean the U.S. food system is less safe. They’re the result—at least in part—of new tools that have made it easier to link individual illnesses and determine their source.
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