Argus reports meeting the following inclusion criteria were reviewed: (1) entities: E. coli and food/crop contamination, (2) location: Germany and the European Union (EU), (3) time period: MayÁJuly 2011. The reports were reviewed for relevant I&W with the primary goal of identifying factors that inhibited effective control of the outbreak and resulted in public health infrastructure strain. Geospatial visualizations of the Argus outbreak reports were created as the event unfolded.