title: Food poisoning notification: time for a rethink.
abstract: The notification of food poisoning is a statutory obligation of medical practitioners in the United Kingdom. Its objectives and methods are vague and ill documented, and the value of its output doubtful. Statutory notification of food poisoning is poor at identifying outbreaks, or single cases of severe disease, or as a measure of longer term trends. It should be fundamentally reformed.
authors.affiliation: Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health, Clifton House, Clifton Place, Glasgow.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cowden
mesh_terms: D018563:Disease Notification / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D004282:Documentation; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology