A food safety report released Thursday by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that rates of common foodborne illness cases haven’t changed much over the last three years. The numbers show that while cases of foodborne illness have declined significantly since monitoring began in 1996, most of the drop-off occurred before 2004, according to a CDC Press Release announcing the data.

The CDC’s report comes at a time when lawmakers and health officials are focused on food safety, with recent high profile salmonella contaminations causing the recall of hundreds of products containing peanut butter and pistachio nuts.

Earlier this week, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reminded consumers that the list of recalled pistachio products continues to grow – 250 products and counting – as the agency’s investigation tries to pinpoint the source of salmonella contamination.

And in January, a nationwide outbreak of salmonella linked to peanut butter sickened over 400 people in at least 43 states, with hundreds of peanut and peanut butter products recalled.

  • CDC Reports Progress in Foodborne Illness Prevention Has Reached a Plateau (CDC.gov)
  • N.Y. Times: U.S. Food Safety No Longer Improving
  • List of Recalled Pistachio Products Grows as Salmonella Probe Continues (FindLaw’s Common Law)
  • Peanut Butter Products Recalled, Linked to Salmonella Outbreak (FindLaw’s Common Law)
  • Personal Injuries from Dangerous or Defective Products (provided by Michael P. Fleming & Associates, P.C.)

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