Threat From Food-Borne Illnesses Shifts To New Pathogens: CDC Report

"The risk of infection from eating food tainted with a common type of salmonella or a dangerous strain of E. coli fell significantly in 2014, according to a report published Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

That’s the good news. The bad news is that rates of infection with other types of pathogens – including bacteria such as campylobacter and Vibrio – are on the rise.

Overall, the incidence of food-borne infections in the U.S. was about the same in 2014 as it was for 2006-08, a baseline period that coincided with an E. coli outbreak tied to tainted spinach that sickened at least 205 people and caused three deaths."

Karen Kaplan reports for the Los Angeles Times May 14, 2015.