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Food borne disease outbreaks have devastating health and economic impacts across the world.
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He described the process of tracking the
outbreak to Jindi as «an important piece of investigative work» that involved obtaining detailed
food histories from victims, multi-jurisdictional intelligence from the federal government's
food -
borne diseases surveillance unit, OzFoodNet, and bacterial DNA «fingerprinting» to determine the exact strain of listeria.
From animal
disease outbreaks, to accidental contamination,
food -
borne illnesses, and concerns over the provenance or ingredients of foodstuffs,
food crises of one form or another are seemingly a regular occurrence.
These include grants to local, county and state public - health departments to monitor infectious
diseases or track
food -
borne outbreaks.
In a memo, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue noted that staff who conduct epidemiological investigations of
food -
borne disease outbreaks will stay on the job, as will those who respond to pest
outbreaks and care for laboratory animals and «critical research infrastructure.»
Popal added the weather in Iraq was getting hotter which would make water
borne diseases and
outbreaks of
food poisoning more likely.
Freak weather patterns will not only affect agricultural output and
food security, but will also lead to water shortages and trigger
outbreaks of water and mosquito -
borne diseases such as diarrhea and malaria in many developing nations.
Once a
food borne illness
outbreak occurs in several states, The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention steps in to warn the public and take action to prevent the public from harm.