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On September 22, 2009, Michael Taylor, Senior Advisor to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, addressed the audience at this year's PulseNet and OutbreakNet meeting in Snowbird, UT. His remarks, FDA's Food and Safety Vision: Public Health Partnerships to Prevent Foodborne Illness, outlines how strong partnerships between FDA, CDC, and local-state level counterparts need to rise to a new level and what specific things we all should be working on in order to get there.

Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak in Michigan Linked to Consumption of Raw Alfalfa Sprouts

Plainview Milk Initiates a Voluntary Recall on Instantized Products - June 28, 2009

Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks – United States, 2006

Outbreak of Salmonella Serotype Saintpaul Infections Associated with Eating Alfalfa Sprouts – United States, 2009

CDC Reports Progress in Foodborne Illness Prevention has Reached a Plateau

Deadly Lag: Why Tracking Outbreak Took Months

Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Associated with Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter Containing Products – United States, 2008–2009

Multistate Outbreaks of Salmonella Infections Associated with Live Poultry – United States, 2007

FDA Reports Significant Progress in Protecting the Food Supply

Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Associated with Frozen Pot Pies – United States, 2007

 "Dear Colleague" Letter to the United States Food Manufacturing Industry, Regarding Melamine

Outbreak of Listeria Monocytogenes Infections Associated with Pasteurized Milk from a Local Dairy – Massachusetts, 2007

Food Safety Information for Hurricanes, Power Outages, and Floods

Investigation of Outbreak of Infections Caused by Salmonella Saintpaul

Oklahoma Food Poisoning Outbreak Growing, Cause Unconfirmed 

Food-Borne Illnesses Erupt with Sickening Regularity 

FDA Warns Consumers Nationwide Not to Eat Certain Types of Raw Red Tomatoes 

Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak

FDA Warns Consumers in New Mexico and Texas Not to Eat Certain Types of Raw Red Tomatoes 

FDA Shuts Down Seafood Processing Company, Requires Products Be Recalled

FDA Takes Action against Cream Cheese Companies, Executives

Salmonella Illnesses in Multiple States May Be Linked to Recently Recalled Cereal

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Frozen, Stuffed Raw Chicken Products 

FDA Warns of Salmonella Risk with Cantaloupes from Agropecuaria Montelibano (The agency detains products from the Honduran manufacturer.)

FDA Advises Seafood Processors about Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in the Northern Gulf of Mexico near the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

USDA Gives Food Safety Advice to Kick off Your Super Bowl Party  

USDA Offers Food Safety Tips for Mailing Food Gifts This Holiday Season

Food Protection Plan: An Integrated Strategy for Protecting the Nation's Food Supply