Epidemiology and food safety.
With the introduction of the Food Safety Initiative in 1997, food safety activities and research funding have increased dramatically. Advances in microbiological methods and epidemiologic research have provided significant progress in our understanding of foodborne diseases and in our implementation of control programs. This article highlights some of those food safety activities and epidemiologic research programs. This article also describes potential future research areas and activities.
Food Safety, Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250, USA. mtorrence@csrees.usda.gov
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D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000592:standards; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011634:Public Health; D012106:Research; D014481:United States; D016885:United States Department of Agriculture; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services