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Mar 8, 2011
President Barack Obama signed the "FDA Food Safety Modernization Act" into law on January 4, 2011. The new law is the first major update to the food safety authorities of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in over 70 years. More info| Summary | Type |
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Multistate Foodborne Illness OutbreaksIn January 2011, President Barack Obama signed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) into law, signaling the first major update to our nation’s food safety oversight framework since the Great Depression. Despite widespread support for the legislation and its implementation, the Obama administration still has not issued all of the proposed rules under FSMA. More info |
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Pregnant Women & Listeria: CDC Data Show High Rate of Infections for Expectant MomsCDC Data Show Alarmingly High Rate of Listeria Infections for Expectant MomsFrom 2004 2009, 29 percent of cases during pregnancy ended in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death Data collected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Foodborne More info |
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Vibrio Infections in the U.S. Increased Significantly in Recent YearsDuring a 15-year span beginning in the mid-1990s, infections in the United States from the pathogen vibrio have increased threefold, according to data published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. More info |
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Too SlowA multistate outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg infections linked to ground turkey in 2011 sickened 136 people, causing 37 hospitalizations and one death. The Pew Charitable Trusts' analysis of the outbreak found numerous inadequacies in the foodborne illness surveillance system that, if addressed, could help to prevent illnesses and, in some cases, deaths. More info |
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National Public Health WeekThis year's celebration of National Public Health Week (NPHW) focuses on the theme, "Public Health is ROI: Save Lives, Save Money." Join us in recognizing the work of Pew's Health Initiatives. More info |
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Food Safety Victim Testimony: Jennifer ExleyMy name is Jennifer Exley, and I reside in Centennial, Colorado. I am the daughter of Herbert Stevens, who was deeply impacted by listeria-contaminated cantaloupe in August 2011. As you well know, 147 people were sickened and 33 people died in that outbreak — the deadliest in 25 years. My father was one of the so-called lucky survivors. His health and quality of life was, and remains, seriously affected because of something he ate. More info |
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Food Safety Victim Testimony: Jeff AlmerJeff Almer's mother, Shirley Almer, a two-time cancer survivor, died right before Christmas 2008. She lost her life not because of a horrific disease, but due to an infection she got from something she ate. She had defied the odds and beaten brain cancer. It was peanut butter contaminated with salmonella that eventually took her away from her family. More info |
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Food Safety Victim Testimony: Rylee GustafsonRylee Gustafson is a Henderson, Nevada, resident who became ill from E. coli in spinach in 2006. More info |
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Food Safety Victim Testimony: Samantha BernsteinSamantha Bernstein is a Seattle resident whose younger sisters were sickened in 1996 by E. coli in triple-washed mesclun lettuce. More info |
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One Step Closer: Food and Drug Administration Hearings Highlight Progress on Food SafetyOn Thursday, February 28 and Friday, March 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold public hearings in Washington, D.C., on FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) draft rules released earlier this year. The public will also have the opportunity to testify at agency meetings in Chicago and Portland on March 11-12 and March 27-28, respectively. More info |
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Food Safety Victim Testimony: Gabrielle MeunierGabrielle Meunier is a resident of South Burlington, Vermont, whose 7-year-old son became ill from a salmonella infection in 2008. |
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Food Safety Victim Testimony: Nancy DonleyNancy Donley is a Chicago resident and spokesperson for STOP Foodborne Illness, a national non-profit dedicated to the prevention of illness and death from foodborne pathogens. More info |
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Food Safety Victim Testimony: Margo MoskowitzMargo Moskowitz, now an Atlanta resident, got sick from contaminated pre-packaged cookie dough in 2009. More info |
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Food Safety Victim Testimony: Ken and Polly CostelloKen and Polly Costello are a couple from Centennial, Wyoming whose lives were affected by an outbreak of E. coli in 2006. More info |
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Food Safety Expert Testimony: Sandra EskinSandra Eskin is the project director of the food safety campaign at The Pew Charitablre Trusts. The campaign seeks to reduce health risks from foodborne pathogens by strengthening federal government authority and the enforcement of food safety laws. More info |
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This graphic represents multistate foodborne illness outbreaks identified by the CDC since the Food Safety Modernization Act was enacted linked to products regulated by the FDA.
The Pew Charitable Trusts' analysis of the outbreak found numerous inadequacies in the surveillance system that, if addressed, could help to prevent future illnesses.
Erik Olson
Senior Director, Food Portfolio
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Sandra Eskin
Director, Food Safety
The Pew Charitable Trusts
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