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Salmonella infections up, not down

No progress has been made in salmonella control over the past 15 years, according to the latest Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Instead, salmonella infections have increased 10% in recent years, the CDC says.

During the same time period, illnesses from the serious Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 have been cut nearly in half, and the overall rates of six foodborne infections have been reduced by 23%, the report says, according to thepoultrysite.com.

The Vital Signs report summarizes 2010 data from CDC's Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), which serves as America's report card for food safety.

Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, and CDC director, said, "more than 1 million people in this country become ill from salmonella each year, and salmonella accounts for about half of the hospitalizations and deaths among the nine foodborne illnesses CDC tracks through FoodNet.”

Salmonella is responsible for an estimated $365 million in direct medical costs annually in the US but is difficult to control because so many different foods, including eggs, meat and even processed foods, can become contaminated. Finding the source also can be challenging, the reports says.