Exploring Risk Factors of Recall-Associated Foodborne Disease Outbreaks in the United States, 2009-2019.

ABSTRACT: Earlier identification and removal of contaminated food products is crucial in reducing economic burdens of foodborne outbreaks. Recalls are a safety measure that is deployed to prevent foodborne illnesses. However, few studies have examined temporal trends in recalls or compared risk factors between non-recall and recall outbreaks in the United States, due to disparate and often incomplete surveillance records in publicly reported data. We demonstrated the usability of the electronic Foodborne Outbreak Reporting System (eFORS) and National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) for describing temporal trends and outbreak risk factors of food recalls in 1998-2019. We examined monthly trends between surveillance systems by using segmented time-series analyses. We compared the risk factors (e.g.,

SUBMITTER: Sanchez E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9099668 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature