A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine by a team of researchers, led by Prof. Robert Scharff of Ohio State University, concludes that PulseNet, a 20-year-old partnership between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local health agencies, prevents more than 275,000 cases of foodborne illness each year. And it does so with a tiny budget.
As Scharff explained to Baylen Linnekin, PulseNet’s success is based not on introducing more and more new regulations, but rather researching cases of foodborne illnesses and sharing data.
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