DOI: 10.3886/icpsr34935.v1
title: State Foodborne Illness Reporting Laws, 2011-2013
title: Version 1

description: The primary goal of this project was to create a comprehensive database of all state regulations and legislation that can be used by food safety stakeholders to efficiently analyze relevant foodborne illness-related legislation. To that end, project staff compiled state statutes and regulations pertaining to foodborne illness reporting requirements and coded many of their features in a database. The coded information covers reporting requirements for establishments and healthcare providers; investigation authority over establishments and individuals; enforcement regarding suspected/confirmed foods; protection of patient and business confidentiality; and reporting requirements for illness caused by specific pathogens such as Campylobacter, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium perfringens, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Listeria monocytogenes, Norovirus, Salmonella (nontyphoidal), Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7, Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus, Toxoplasma gondii, Vibrio, and Yersinia. Additional information recorded in the data include state population size; state per capita income; state participation in the Foodborne Diseases Surveillance Network (FoodNet), Environmental Health Specialist Network (EHS-Net), and Food Emergency Response Network (FERN); and whether or not the state has a FDA FoodCORE regional program, Food Safety Integrated Center for Excellence (FSICE), or FDA Rapid Response Team (RRT) grant. This data collection comprises a Microsoft Access database with 44 data tables and the Final Exported Dataset which was derived from the database. The Access database contains a draft of the information in the Final Exported Dataset and some information not included in it. The Final Exported Dataset describes the laws and regulations that were current in 2013. The Access database covers the period 2011-2013. To facilitate the use of this data collection, every data table in the Access database is also provided as a separate data file (Datasets 3-46). In addition, the codebook includes copies of the data entry forms in the Access database .
description: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: Created variable labels and/or value labels.; Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes..
description: Datasets: 
 
 DS0: Study-Level Files 
 DS1: Final Exported Dataset 
 DS2: ZIP Archive with the Access Database 
 DS3: Access Database Table 00: State Demographics 
 DS4: Access Database Table 01: State Food Safety Organization and Responsibilities 
 DS5: Access Database Table 02: Definitions Within State Laws 
 DS6: Access Database Table 03A: Specific/Explicit Authority for Foodborne Illness Surveillance and Response 
 DS7: Access Database Table 04A: Reportable Diseases: Foodborne Illness 
 DS8: Access Database Table 04A-1: Reportable Diseases: Foodborne Outbreak 
 DS9: Access Database Table 04A-2: Reportable Diseases: Outbreak Catch-All Category 
 DS10: Access Database Table 04B: Reportable Diseases: Individual Pathogens 
 DS11: Access Database Table 04C: Reportable Diseases: Campylobacter 
 DS12: Access Database Table 04D: Reportable Diseases: Clostridium botulinum 
 DS13: Access Database Table 04E: Reportable Diseases: Clostridium perfringens 
 DS14: Access Database Table 04F: Reportable Diseases: Cryptosporidium 
 DS15: Access Database Table 04G: Reportable Diseases: Cyclospora 
 DS16: Access Database Table 04H: Reportable Diseases: Listeria monocytogenes 
 DS17: Access Database Table 04I: Reportable Diseases: Norovirus 
 DS18: Access Database Table 04J: Reportable Diseases: Salmonella (Nontyphoidal) 
 DS19: Access Database Table 04K: Reportable Diseases: Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli O157:H7 
 DS20: Access Database Table 04L: Reportable Diseases: Non-O157:H7 Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli 
 DS21: Access Database Table 04M: Reportable Diseases: Shigella 
 DS22: Access Database Table 04N: Reportable Diseases: Staphylococcus aureus 
 DS23: Access Database Table 04O: Reportable Diseases: Toxoplasma gondii 
 DS24: Access Database Table 04P: Reportable Diseases: Vibrio 
 DS25: Access Database Table 04Q: Reportable Diseases: Yersinia 
 DS26: Access Database Table 04R: Reportable Diseases: Hepatitis A 
 DS27: Access Database Table 05A: Reporting: Clinical Laboratories 
 DS28: Access Database Table 05B: Reporting: Physicians 
 DS29: Access Database Table 05C: Reporting: Physician Assistants 
 DS30: Access Database Table 05D: Reporting: Nurses 
 DS31: Access Database Table 05E: Reporting: Other Healthcare Providers 
 DS32: Access Database Table 05F: Reporting: Hospitals 
 DS33: Access Database Table 05G: Reporting: Long-Term Care Facilities 
 DS34: Access Database Table 05H: Reporting: Child-Care Facilities 
 DS35: Access Database Table 05I: Reporting: Schools 
 DS36: Access Database Table 06: Response Protocols for Specific Foodborne Diseases 
 DS37: Access Database Table 07: Investigations of Individuals with Foodborne Illness 
 DS38: Access Database Table 08: Protection of Patient Confidentiality 
 DS39: Access Database Table 09: Lab Issues and Notifiable Disease List Authority 
 DS40: Access Database Table 10: Food Service 
 DS41: Access Database Table 11: Food Processing/Manufacturing 
 DS42: Access Database Table 12: Investigation Authority Over Food Establishments 
 DS43: Access Database Table 13: Enforcement Regarding Suspected/Confirmed Foods 
 DS44: Access Database Table 14: Protection of Business Confidentiality 
 DS45: Access Database Table 15: Cooperation with State Governments and Countries 
 DS46: Access Database Table 16: After Outbreak, Food Defense, Emergency Management
description: This data collection includes the citations of the statutes and regulations pertaining to foodborne illness reporting requirements but not their full legal text.
description: All state statutes and regulations pertaining to foodborne illness reporting requirements, including the laws and regulations of the District of Columbia.