FoodCORE Center Characteristics Summary
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FoodCORE Center Organizational Structure, Disease Burden, and Center-Specific Work Plan Details.
| Center | Structure | 2014 Reported SSL1 cases2 | Year joined FoodCORE | Lab Capacity | Epidemiology Capacity | Environmental Health (EH) Capacity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molecular Testing Capabilities3 | Courier Service | Initial Interview Responsibility | Centralized Interviewing Capacity for SSL cases | |||||
| Colorado | Decentralized |
616 Salmonella 168 STEC 15 Listeria |
2014 |
Luminex GI Panel WGS4 Certified |
Yes | Listeria interviews are conducted by state health department staff or student team members; STEC and Salmonella interviews are interviewed by regional staff or LHD5s | Regional Staff | Collaborations with the Division of Environmental Health and Sustainability and local environmental health agencies |
| Connecticut | Decentralized |
457 Salmonella 60 STEC 37 Listeria |
2012 |
Validating BioFire GI panel WGS Certified |
Yes | Centralized interviews for STEC and Listeria; 66 (90%) of 73 LHD3s participate in routine centralized interviewing for Salmonella | Student Team | Collaborations with state Food Protection Program and LHD sanitarians; participates in NEARS6 |
| Minnesota | Centralized |
727 Salmonella 332 STEC 30 Listeria |
2014 |
BioFire GI Panel WGS Certified |
Yes | Centralized interviewing at state health department | Student Team | Collaborations with state and local environmental health sanitarians and the MN Department of Agriculture Rapid Response Team (RRT); EHS-Net7 and NEARS participant |
| New York City | Centralized |
1008 Salmonella 70 STEC 12 Listeria |
2009 |
BioFire GI Panel WGS Equipment Acquired |
Yes | Centralized interviewing for SSL | Student Team | Collaborations with EHS-Net and NYC Office of Environmental Investigations; participates in NEARS |
| Ohio | Decentralized |
1199 Salmonella 204 STEC 17 Listeria |
2010 |
BioFire GI Panel WGS Certified |
Yes | LHDs interview for SSL; 76 of 118 LHDs participate in routine centralized interviewing for their SSL cases, covering nearly 70% of Ohio’s population | Student Team | Collaborations with Department of Agriculture and LHD Sanitarians and EH Specialists |
| Oregon | Decentralized |
401 Salmonella 185 STEC 10 Listeria |
2014 |
Validating BioFire GI panel Acquiring WGS Equipment |
Yes | Centralized interviews for SSL with the exception of two counties (who conduct HG interviews along with initial disease investigation); Listeria interviews are done by LHD staff | State Staff & Student Team | Collaborations with county environmental health specialists |
| South Carolina | Centralized |
1399 Salmonella 15 STEC 16 Listeria |
2010 |
BioFire GI Panel Acquiring WGS Equipment |
Yes | Regional interviewers (state staff) interview all SSL cases | Regional Staff | Foodborne epidemiologists in Division of Acute Disease Epi and EH work closely together; Food complaint staff directly supported; participates in NEARS |
| Tennessee | Decentralized |
998 Salmonella 154 STEC 10 Listeria |
2010 |
BioFire GI Panel WGS Certified |
Yes | 92 out of 95 county LHDs participate in routine centralized interviewing for their SSL cases | Student Team | Collaborations with EHS-NET, Environmental Epi and Environmental Health Sections; participates in NEARS |
| Utah | Decentralized |
370 Salmonella 91 STEC 9 Listeria |
2009 |
BioFire GI Panel WGS Certified |
Yes | LHDs interview SSL cases with centralized assistance | Student Team | Collaborations with Department of Agriculture and Food, Environmental Epidemiology, and LHD Sanitarians |
| Wisconsin | Decentralized |
917 Salmonella 222 STEC 16 Listeria |
2009 |
BioFire GI Panel WGS Certified |
Yes | LHDs interview SSL cases with assistance from the centralized student team | Student Team | Collaborates with EHS-Net and LHDs; participates in NEARS |
1 SSL = Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), and Listeria.
2 Data from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Summary of Notifiable Diseases – 2014.
3 FoodCORE sites have testing capabilities beyond what is listed in this table including Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE). The GI panels listed are not used for routine specimen testing in FoodCORE sites, but are used in suspected outbreaks.
4 WGS = Whole Genome Sequencing
- PulseNet whole genome sequencing (WGS) certification is required for all laboratorians generating WGS data. The certification assures that the data generated are comparable between all PulseNet labs and meets a high standard of quality. Once certified, the laboratorian can directly submit WGS data to PulseNet Central, CDC, for further analysis that will help detect outbreaks.
5LHD = Local health department.
6 NEARS = National Environmental Assessment Reporting System.
- Page last reviewed: January 9, 2017
- Page last updated: January 9, 2017
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