Spotlight: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Oversees

All Foods and Food Safety Role.

1. Investigates with local, state and other federal officials sources of food-borne disease outbreaks
2. Maintains a nationwide system of food-borne disease surveillance: Designs and puts in place rapid, electronic systems for reporting food-borne infections. Works with other federal and state agencies to monitor rates of and trends in food-borne disease outbreaks. Develops state-of-the-art techniques for rapid identification of food-borne pathogens at the state and local levels.
3. Develops and advocates public health policies to prevent food-borne diseases
4. Conducts research to help prevent food-borne illness
5. Trains local and state food safety personnel

For More Information

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd., N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30333

Media inquiries: 404-639-3286

General public: 404-639-3311

www.cdc.gov

* Also, HHS's National Institutes of Health conduct food safety research.

via FDA