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CDC slashed food safety surveillance, now tracks only 2 of 8 top infections

CDC slashed food safety surveillance, now tracks only 2 of 8 top infections
health8/27/2025

“If you want to make foodborne disease go away, then don’t look for foodborne disease.”…

In July, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dramatically, but quietly, scaled back a food safety surveillance system, cutting active tracking from eight top foodborne infections down to just two, according to a report by NBC News. The Foo... [1225 chars]