The federal Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) scaled back its monitoring of foodborne illnesses on July 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed.
FoodNet, a collaboration among the CDC, the Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and 10 state health departments, had previously tracked infections from eight pathogens but is now focusing on just two, salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, according to NBC News on Tuesday, quoting a CDC source.
Surveillance for campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio, and yersinia is no longer required.
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