Why the rise in food-poisoning reports is actually a good thing by Alexandra Sifferling

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: March 28, 2016
Article: Why the rise in food-poisoning reports is actually a good thing
Page: 27
Author:  Alexandra Sifferlin
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1. Chipotle has been hit with a food safety nightmare since summer 2015.
2. Chipotle customers were infected with norovirus, salmonella, E.coli.
3. Chipotle is a Tex-Mex food chain.
4. Starbucks sandwiches were pulled because they had possible contamination of listeria.
5. PulseNet is a sophisticated government pathogen-tracking system.
6. PulseNet takes advantage of whole-genome sequencing by getting accurate DNA fingerprints of microbes.
7. PulseNet allows experts to identify outbreaks quicker.
8. The PulseNet software connects individual food-poisoning cases that stem from the same source.
9. Dr. Robert Tauxe oversees food-safety issues at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
10. The acronym for U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is C.D.C.
11. PulseNet was launched in 1996.
12. PulseNet has detected 1 billion pounds of tainted food.
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15. 2015 listeria outbreak caused by Blue Bell Ice Cream killed 3 people and lasted 5 years.


Reference
http://www.cdc.gov/pulsenet/
http://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-sifferlin-baba3a29
http://www.cdc.gov/media/spokesperson/sme-bios/tauxe.pdf