Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED)
DFWED Mission
Our mission is to improve public health nationally and internationally through the prevention and control of disease, disability, and death caused by foodborne, waterborne, and environmentally transmitted infections.
Current Outbreaks
- Outbreak of Listeria Infections Linked to Deli Meats
Announced October 2020 - Outbreak of Multidrug-resistant Campylobacter Infections Linked to Pet Store Puppies
Announced December 2019 - How Are Foodborne Outbreaks Investigated?
What's New
- MMWR: Surveillance for Harmful Algal Bloom Events and Associated Human and Animal Illnesses
- IFSAC Foodborne Illness Source Attribution Estimates for 2018
- EID: Attribution of Illnesses Transmitted by Food and Water to Comprehensive Transmission Pathways
- EID: Geographic Range of Recreational Water-Associated Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
- EID: Estimate of Burden and Direct Healthcare Cost of Infectious Waterborne Disease in the United States
- MMWR: Investigations of Possible Multistate Outbreaks of Salmonella, Shiga Toxin–Producing E. coli, and Listeria Infections
Page last reviewed: January 13, 2021