Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED)
DFWED Mission
Our mission is to improve public health nationally and internationally through the prevention and control of disease, disability, and death caused by foodborne, waterborne, and environmentally transmitted infections.
Current Outbreaks
- Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Linked to Ground Turkey
Announced April 2021 - Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Linked to Wild Songbirds
Announced April 2021 - Outbreak of Listeria Infections Linked to Hispanic-style Fresh and Soft Cheeses
Announced February 2021 - Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Linked to Small Turtles
Announced February 2021 - How Are Foodborne Outbreaks Investigated?
What's New
- National Wastewater Surveillance System: A new tool to understand COVID-19 spread in communities
- EID: Blastomycosis Surveillance in 5 States
- MMWR: Giardiasis Outbreaks—United States, 2012–2017
- MMWR: Healthcare Utilization and Outcomes Associated with Poisonous Mushrooms
- IFSAC Foodborne Illness Source Attribution Estimates for 2018
- EID: Attribution of Illnesses Transmitted by Food and Water
- EID: Estimate of Burden and Direct Healthcare Cost of Infectious Waterborne Disease in U.S.
Page last reviewed: April 14, 2021