Food Poisoning Study Finds California Moderately Good At Reporting Outbreaks

Food Poisoning Study Finds California Moderately Good At Reporting Outbreaks

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As any California food poisoning attorney knows, reporting food poisoning outbreaks is vital to controlling an epidemic. However, many states lag behind in reporting food poisoning outbreaks. A new study by the Center for Science in the Public Interest finds that California reported about 4 to 5 outbreaks per million population during a ten-year period. The report is titled "All over the Map: A Ten-Year Review of State Outbreak Reporting."

Every state has local public health departments that are entrusted with reporting of food poisoning outbreaks as early as possible. Such reports of outbreaks provide the very first signal that federal agencies have a potentially serious epidemic on their hands. It's important for public health departments to step up, and be proactive in reporting outbreaks of food poisoning in their state.

The researchers analyzed food poisoning outbreaks from across the country over a ten-year period. The data came from a database compiled by the Centers for Science in the Public Interest, and provided to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Based on the data, states were divided into five categories.

At the top of the chain was the A category, which consisted of those states that had reported more than eight outbreaks per million population. These states included Minnesota, which reported eight outbreaks per million population and Oregon, which reported nine outbreaks per million population. These states have done fantastically well in promoting food safety in the population, reporting outbreaks as soon as they come to the notice of public health department officials. Other states in this group include Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, Washington and Wyoming.

Category B. consisted of Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Kansas, Ohio and Vermont. These states reported 6 to 7 outbreaks per million population over the ten-year period.

Category C consisted of California, Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Iowa, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Wisconsin. These states reported 4-5 outbreaks per million population.

Category D consisted of Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Tennessee and Virginia. The states reported 3-4 outbreaks per million population.

Category F states consisted of Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, Nebraska, Nevada, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia. These states fared extremely poorly in reporting food poisoning outbreaks to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In these states, just one food poisoning outbreak was reported during the ten-year period. This group consists of some heavily populated states like Texas, which makes it all the more alarming to California food poisoning attorneys that these public health departments lag behind so much in reporting food poisoning outbreaks.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest also has recommendations for consumers to bring potential food poisoning outbreaks to the attention of public health departments. Consumers who have suffered a food poisoning incident must seek medical treatment immediately. Doctors and patients must bring the incident to the notice of the local public health department.

About the Author:
The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated to the representation of personal injury victims. Please visit our website at
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