Foodborne illness investigation and control reference manual
By: managing editor, Allison Hackbarth ; consulting editors, Tim Broadbent .. [and others]
Contributors: Massachusetts. Department of Public Health; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health. Division of Epidemiology and Immunization; Massachusetts. Division of Food and Drugs
Publisher: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Working Group on Foodborne Illness Control
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [Boston, Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Foodborne diseases; Prevention
Description: Covers both epidemiologic and environmental aspects of a foodborne illness investigation, and emphasizes the practical and necessary features of investigation and control.
Notes: "September 1997"

Issued in looseleaf binder.
Table of contents: title: 1. History and trends; title: 2. Disease characterization; title: 3. Pathogenesis; title: 4. Foodborne illness surveillance; title: 5. Foodborne illness complaint/outbreak actions; title: 6. Conducting an epidemiologic investigation; title: 7. Conducting an environmental investigation; title: 8. Summarizing the investigation. Appendixes: A. Infected food worker policy; title: B. Food sample collection; title: C. HACCP foodborne disease data; title: D. Enteric disease fact sheets; title: E. Sample forms and letters; title: Glossary.