Wednesday, May 6 
4:15pm - 5:30pm
S18: Foodborne Outbreaks in the News
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS:
- Evaluate outbreak case studies including the 2018 Cyclospora linked to fresh vegetable trays and 2019 linked to basil to reinforce the need for food safety controls all along the farm-to-table continuum, and how they were detected and investigated.
- Discover what types of data lead to the identification of contaminated foods linked to illness.
- Learn how public and private sectors communicate and collaborate on outbreak investigations.
- Understand why detecting and investigating foodborne outbreaks is important to reducing the estimated 9.4 million annual instances of illness due to known pathogens and preventing recurrences.
Presenters:
Stephanie Gretsch, Epidemiologist, Minnesota Department of Health
Jordan Mason, Enteric & Waterborne Diseases Unit Supervisor, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Polakshee Gogoi, MPH, , Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP)
Laura Whitlock, MPH, , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention