CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – How can the government and the food industry prevent multistate foodborne outbreaks?

Media Advisory

Embargoed until: Tuesday, November 3, 2015, 1:00 PM ET
Contact: CDC Media Relations
404-639-3286

What

Multistate outbreaks caused 56% of deaths in all reported foodborne outbreaks from 2010 to 2014, although they accounted for just 3% of all such outbreaks from 2010 to 2014. What can the government and the food industry do to protect the public’s health and stop outbreaks from happening?

Who

CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H.

USDA, Deputy Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Philip Derfler, J.D.,

FDA, Director of Coordinated Outbreak Response & Evaluation Network, Kathleen F. Gensheimer, MD, MPH.

When

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at 12:00 p.m. ET

Dial In

Media: 888-795-0855
Non-Media: 800-369-1605
International: 1-630-395-0331
PASSCODE: CDC Media

Important Instructions 
Please dial in 10 to 15 minutes before the start of the press conference. If you would like to ask a question during the call, press *1 on your touchtone phone. Press *2 to withdraw your question. You may queue up at any time. You will hear a tone to indicate your question is pending.

Transcript
A transcript of this media availability will be available following the briefing at CDC’s web site: www.cdc.gov/media.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES