May 24, 2017
PulseNet revolutionized foodborne outbreak detection in the United States. What exactly is it? How did it get started? Why was it so significant? And what does the future of foodborne outbreak detection look like? Brian Sauders, molecular microbiologist at the NY State Department of Agriculture and Markets, and Shari Shea, director of food safety at APHL, answer these questions and more.
Links:
20 years of PulseNet: Preventing thousands of illnesses and saving millions of dollars (cost-benefit analysis)
Innovations in American Government Award
CBS News article on PulseNet launch including quotes from Al Gore
Laboratory Response Network (LRN)
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Division of Food Laboratory