CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can the government and the food industry prevent multistate foodborne outbreaks?

What

Multistate outbreaks caused 56% of deaths in all reported foodborne outbreaks from 2010 to 2014, although they accounted for just 3% of all such outbreaks from 2010 to 2014. What can the government and the food industry do to protect the public’s health and stop outbreaks from happening?

Who

CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H.

USDA, Deputy Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Philip Derfler, J.D.,

FDA, Director of Coordinated Outbreak Response & Evaluation Network, Kathleen F. Gensheimer, MD, MPH.

When

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at 12:00 p.m. ET

Dial In

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Transcript
A transcript of this media availability will be available following the briefing at CDC’s web site: www.cdc.gov/media.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES