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Is Foodborne Illness on the Rise?

When was the last time you heard about a foodborne illness outbreak in the news? So far this year there have been 14 multi-state outbreaks documented by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) including the outbreak associated with romaine lettuce that impacted over 200 people in 36 states, and the regional outbreak […]

WRITTEN BY: Jenny Lobb, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Franklin County

REVIEWED BY: Amy Meehan, Healthy People Program Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension

SOURCES:

  • Bosco, T. (2018). Health experts still have no answer as to cause of outbreak at Powell Chipotle. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/health-experts-still-have-no-answer-as-to-cause-of-outbreak-at-powell-chipotle
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017). Preventing Food Poisoning. https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/prevention.html
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018). Food Safety and Dining Out. https://www.cdc.gov/features/food-dining-safety/index.html
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018). Four Steps to Food Safety. https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/keep-food-safe.html
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018). List of Selected Multistate Foodborne Outbreak Investigations. https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/outbreaks/multistate-outbreaks/outbreaks-list.html
  • LaVito, A. & Rogers, K. (2018). Chipotle confirms cause of foodborne illness at Ohio restaurant. CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/16/chipotle-confirms-cause-of-foodborne-illness-at-ohio-restaurant.html
  • Scutti, S. (2018). Foodborne illness may be on the rise. Here’s why. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/20/health/food-safety-illness-rise-cdc/index.html

SUMMER FOOD SAFETY DANGERS

Don’t accidentally invite an unwanted guest to your summer picnic or barbecue.  With warmer temperatures, the risk for foodborne illnesses such as listeriosis increase.  Listeriosis can produce flu-like symptoms and for normal healthy people is usually not much of a concern.  However, it can be very dangerous for the elderly, newborns, pregnant women, or people […]

WRITTEN BY: Pat Brinkman, Ohio State University Extension Family & Consumer Sciences Educator, Fayette County

REVIEWED BY: Jenny Lobb, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Franklin County

SOURCES:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017). Listeria Prevention. Available at https://www.cdc.gov/listeria/prevention.html
  • Food Safety.Gov (2018). See Recent Recalls. Available at https://www.foodsafety.gov/recalls/recent/index.html
  • Mediros, L. (2015). Listeria Monocytogenes: A Concern for Pregnant Women and Older Adults. Ohio State University Extension Ohioline. Available at https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5562

Prevent Food Poisoning

Anybody can get food poisoning, but some people are more likely to get seriously ill. Every year, an estimated 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases. However, certain groups of people are more likely to get a foodborne illness (also called food poisoning) […]

WRITTEN BY: Kate Shumaker, MS RD, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Holmes County, shumaker.68@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Amy Meehan, MPH Healthy People Program Specialist

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

SOURCES:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/education-month.html on 9/14/17
  • Partnership for Food Safety Education, retrieved from http://www.fightbac.org/ on 9/14/17

“Is This Food Safe To Eat????”

Have you ever opened the refrigerator or cupboard and wondered, “is this safe to eat?”  “Has it been in here too long?”  It can boggle the mind. On the one hand, it is good to stretch food resources and save money. On the other hand,  I don’t want to be known for poisoning the family at Thanksgiving with my cooking. This is a […]

WRITTEN BY: Yvette Graham, LISW-S, Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program, Program Specialist, Ohio State University Extension, Stark,

REVIEWED BY: Nancy Doyle-Lyons, MS Ed., Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program, Program Specialist, Ohio State University Extension, Montgomery County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://pixabay.com/en/boy-child-kid-family-disgust-1528150/
  • Yvette Graham

REFERENCES:

  • FoodKeeper App. (n.d.). Retrieved January 04, 2017, from https://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/foodkeeperapp/index.html
  • Medscape Log In. (n.d.). Retrieved January 04, 2017, from http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/735505
  • News Release. (n.d.). Retrieved January 04, 2017, from https://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2016%2F07%2F0159.xml

Food Safety 5

It seems that the number of foodborne illness outbreaks is growing lately. Is that due to a more global food supply? Resistant strains of bacteria or microbes? Do we just hear about the cases more than we did in the past because of the growing social media avenues available? Regardless of which or even if […]

WRITTEN BY: Lisa Barlage, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Ross County.

REVIEWED BY: Jennifer Even, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, EFNEP, Ohio State University Extension, Hamilton County.

SOURCES:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Foodsafety.gov
  • The University of Maine, Cooperative Extension

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